Main description:

This new edition of
this highly popular book provides an outline of the law that affects the
practice of pharmacy in Great Britain. It incorporates material from a wide
range of well-known individuals in academia, professional and legal practice
and has been fully revised in line with current law and regulation.

In particular, the
chapters on controlled drugs and poisons have been completely rewritten to make
them more accessible, information on Falsified Medicines Directive and
pharmacovigilance has been added to all the relevant chapters and there is commentary
on the latest standards and guidance from the General Pharmaceutical Council. The
chapter on Fitness to Practise has also been considerably enhanced with new case
law and revised procedural protocols and the chapter organisation has been re-ordered
and consolidated. Chapters 2-16 now cover all human medicines legislation,
including controlled drugs; chapter 17 covers legislation on animal medicines.
A new chapter 18 consolidates the law on poisons, denatured alcohols and
chemicals.

The book is an invaluable
source for pharmacy undergraduates, pre-registration students and pharmacists
in all branches of the profession, and also for others in Britain and overseas
who may need some knowledge of contemporary British law relating to medicines
and poisons and pharmacy professional regulation.

Contents:

1 Sources of law
2 Human medicines: scope of regulation
3 Human medicines: the licensing system
4 Human medicines: advertising
5 Pharmacy businesses
6 Human medicines: Pharmacy Medicines
7 Human medicines: General Sale Medicines
8 Human medicines: Prescription Only Medicines
9 Human medicines: exemptions from controls
10 Human medicines: wholesale dealing
11 Human medicines: sale and supply of homoeopathic medicines
12 Human medicines: herbal medicines
13 Human medicines: prohibitions for protection of the purchaser
14 Human medicines: labelling, packaging, leaflets and identification
15 Human medicines: pharmacopoeias and compendia
16 Controlled Drugs
17 Veterinary medicines
18 Poisons, denatured alcohol and chemicals
19 Miscellaneous legislation affecting pharmacy
20 Pharmacy regulation
21 Professional conduct
22 Fitness to practise
23 Regulation of other health professions
24 NHS law and organisation