Month: July 2017
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Can Registered Pharmacist of ‘X’ state, apply for drug license in ‘Y’ State?
Query: I have few queries, would appreciate your help1) One of proposed Director of the company is working with a Pharma Company. He is a PhD in Pharmaceutical Science – My question is which state can he register himself as a Pharmacist? Is there any guideline on this2) And if Say he registers himself in…
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Who is a Pharmacy Practitioner? Difference between Community, Hospital, Drug Information and Clinical Pharmacist
Read Related: What is Pharmacy? What does it mean by Practice of Pharmacy? Pharmacy Practitioner is an individual (Community Pharmacist/ Hospital Pharmacist/ Clinical Pharmacist/ Drug information Pharmacist) currently licensed, registered or otherwise authorized under the Act to counsel or otherwise and administer drugs in the course of professional practice. Query Related to Pharmacist: Query 1: I am…
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What is BIHRT? Is it legal to compound and manufacture BIHRT in India
What is BIHRT? Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy. BIHRT is the use of supplemental doses of hormones that have a chemical structure identical to the hormones that the human body naturally produces. Query: I have a query regarding the regulatory requirements of compounding pharmacies in India. Do Bioidentical hormones come under the category of Ayurvedic…
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What is Recall in Pharmaceutical Industry? Procedure involved in Product Recall
Product Recall means any action/procedure taken by the manufacturer, importer, marketer, supplier or registrant or enlistment holder of a product to remove it from the market or to retrieve from any person to whom it has been supplied because of the reason that the product;- may be hazardous to health; or/and may fail to conform…
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What is Quality Control? Basic Requirements for Quality Control
Quality Control means that part of Good Manufacturing Practice which is concerned with sampling, specifications and testing, and with the organization, documentation and release procedures which ensure that the necessary and relevant tests are actually carried out and that materials are not released for use, nor products released for sale or supply, until their quality has…
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What is Quality Assurance? Basic Principles of Quality Assurance
Quality assurance means the sum total of the organized arrangements made with the objective of ensuring that medicines and health products are of the quality required for their intended use. The system of quality assurance for the manufacture of medicines and health products should ensure that Medicine and health products are designed and developed in a way…
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What is GMP and cGMP? Basic Principles of GMP and cGMP
GMP is a short form of Good Manufacturing Practice and cGMP is short form of Current Good Manufacturing Practice. Good Manufacturing Practice is a way of manufacturing followed by manufacturing units to ensure quality and efficacy of a products. Good manufacturing practice is based at standards and guidelines recommended by licensing authorities. It involves production…
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How to Change Wholesale Business Proprietorship?
Query: How to I change medicine distributorship proprietorship from My mother name to my name? Response: For changing proprietorship of medicine distribution agency, you have to apply for change of proprietorship of agency at local Drug Inspector Office. Visit your local Drug Inspector office and apply for change of proprietorship of distribution…
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What is E-Way bill? How to generate E-way bill?
What is E-Way Bill? E-way bill is type of road permit or transportation approval that is required for movement of goods of value above 50000/- (fifty thousand rupees) amount. E-way bill is generated online through common portal by registered person or transporter. This is similar to way bill system that were adopted by many states…
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Difference Between Wholesaler and Retailer
Wholesalers and retailers are important part of distribution channel in every sector. Wholesalers and Retailers are interconnected and dependent at each other for their requirements. To differentiate between these two, first we have to understand about both of them: Wholesalers: Wholesalers are the dealers or his agents who deals in supplying products to retailers, pharmacies,…