Pure Food and Drug Act

(Weeks). Prescriptions are needed and should be placed on every drug and supplement that is available to the consumer. The public needs to be told how to take the supplement, how much is an appropriate dose, when to take it, and what possible side effects there are. Consumers just assume that if a supplement is on a shelf in a store and doesn’t need a prescription, that it is automatically safe to use and take whenever and with whatever food or drink they want, but they are very wrong. “Of 21…

Food regulation and food control in the UK Food Fraud Regulation Authorities In the UK, food safety protection are not only managed and controlled by national government, also by non-governmental sector regulators, special interest groups and value chain actors (Mensah & Julien, 2010). They are components of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) which is a systematic approach to controlling food safety hazards within a food business in order to ensure that food is safe to eat (FSMS, 2015). All…

In the text, Issues in Economics today, Robert Guell states that in 2009 prescription drugs amounted to 10% of all U.S. health spending. When a new medication is developed it is issued a patent .A patent allows the inventor to have exclusive rights to sell the product, thus creating a monopoly. These monopolies can be more important on certain types of drugs. Orphan drugs or drugs that treat diseases that only a small number of people suffer from are granted longer patents. Without the longer…

competitors, Hospira Inc. On February 5th of this year, Pfizer and Hospira announced that they will be entering into a merger to be all under the name Pfizer and Hospira being a subsidy. With Hospira being the world’s leading producer of injectable drugs and infusion technology and a world leader in biosimilars, Pfizer’s acquirement of Hospira will of be of great gain to them (www.prnewswire.com). Ian Read, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer says, “Coupled with Pfizer’s global reach, Hospira is…

Introduction: The company I was assigned is McKesson, McKesson is a pharmaceutical company that develops drugs on a retail level. They also supply hospitals and medical centers with equipment. Recently, they have grown a lot in the Hospital Information Technology field. They have been in business since 1833. McKesson also operates in Canada, U.K, Australia and New Zealand. McKesson is listed at #5 on the Fortune 1000 list. Citations: - http://www.mckesson.com/about-mckesson/who-we-are/…

4. KEY FINDINGS At a global level pharmaceutical vending machines have gained popularity and are widely distributed and used. However, pharmaceutical machines are migrating to those which dispense prescription medications in addition to the over the counter medication. A few models are strictly prescription medications and there are inherent concerns of this distribution method but so far seem to not be a hindrance. At present Oasis would not be exploring this aspect of the pharmaceutical…

Abstract: EGYDRUG, which is a pharmaceutical wholesaler/distributer, plays a very important role in the Egyptian pharmaceutical market and because of its nature as public business sector organization it is strongly affects the Egyptian economy and acts as a safeguard to the health care sector. During the last years EGYDRUG lost its market share. This paper assesses EGYDRUG service quality, studies the relationships between service quality, customer satisfaction and market share and introduces…

Having been in community practice for quite some time, I have come to understand that packaging of a pharmaceutical product is a production process which every pharmaceutical companies that are into production should take as serious as the formulation process. Apart from its primary role of maintaining the integrity of a dosage form, it equally plays an invaluable role in the marketing strategy surrounding the product in question. What is packaging? Packaging can be best defined as the…

Solid lipid nanoparticles: Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) were introduced in the early 1990s as a drug delivery system in order to overcome the drawbacks associated with the traditional colloidal dispersions. The core of SLNs consist of a lipid with a high melting point and is covered with amphiphilic surfactants that form the outer shell in which drug can be efficiently incorporated. They are commonly matrices of lipids, which maintain a solid state at room and body temperature…

safety tests from physio-chemical properties through acute to chronic toxicity tests. The term GLP is commonly associated with pharmaceutical industry and non-clinical animal testing that should be performed before the approval of new drug. However, GLP applies to many non-pharma companies…