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PPP Law Lectures Flashcards

1
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define law

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the regulation of human affairs and human relationships

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What are the 4 types of law in the UK?

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  1. criminal law
  2. civil law
  3. administrative law
  4. common law
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define criminal law

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the process for the investigation of crime and for dealing with suspects

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define civil law

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law that regulates rights between citizens

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define administrative law

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law that aims to ensure that government agencies operate within their legal authority

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define common law

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the process in which judges interpret and apply the law in individual cases

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What are the 2 types of government papers?

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green paper and white paper

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define green paper

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a policy document which contains proposals that the government is planning to implement and they ask for feedback to draft a white paper

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define white paper

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a paper presenting clear and more developed proposals which will become law if parliament agrees

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10
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define primary legislation

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legislation created and passed by the main legislative bodies such as UK Parliament

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define secondary legislation

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legislation created by ministers or other bodies under powers given to them by an Act of Parliament _. often used to update existing laws without having to complete the gull parliamentary process

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12
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Give examples of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services

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primary -> GPs, dentist, community pharmacists
secondary -> hospitals
tertiary -> specialties such as transplants and neurosurgery

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13
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Why was the Medicines Act introduced in 1948?

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to start regulating our medicines as there was no control over marketing of new medicines

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14
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Who was the Medicines Act 1968 enforced by?

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MHRA -> Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

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Since 1968, what has happened to the Medicines Act?

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many more rules have been made by Statutory Instruments, a type of secondary legislation and much of the act has been revoked

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What is the current law of medicines regulation?

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The Human Medicines Regulation 2012 (HMR)

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17
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Who enforces the HMR 2012?

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the Secretery of State, the GPhC and the Drug Authority (local council)

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18
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How is the HMR 2012 enforced?

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ensuring everyone has licenses to do things with medicines such as manufacture, sell, import etc

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What is the main aim of the HMR 2012? How many parts does it have?

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to maintain the safety, quality and efficacy of medicinal products -> 17 parts to it

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define licensing authority

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an official body that grants licences

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define MHRA

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The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the main licensing body in the UK

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define advertisements

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anything designed to promote the prescribing, supply, sale or use of a medicinal product

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23
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define GSL

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medicinal product available on general sale to the public

24
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define POM

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medicinal product only available with a prescription

25
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define P

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medicinal product that is not a POM or GSL and is only available from a pharmacy

26
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define the Special provision for pharmacies

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exempts the need for manufacturing license when spontaneously dispensing

27
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define medicinal product

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any substance or combination with properties to prevent, diagnose or treat disease in HUMANS, correct a physiological function or have a pharmacological effect

28
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Who are the main appropriate practitioners for POMs?

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  1. doctor
  2. dentist
  3. supplementary prescriber
  4. nurse independent prescriber
  5. pharmacist independent prescriber
29
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Who are the three main advisory bodies in the UK?

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  1. Commission on Human Medicines (CHM)
  2. British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BPC)
  3. Expert Advisory Groups (EAG)
30
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What do the CHM do?

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give information to Ministers and advise them -> they are advised by the Expert Advisory Groups (EAGs)

31
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What do the British Pharmacopoeia Commission do?

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prepare the British Pharmacopoeia, which is a book containing all substances which are used in the practice of medicine, surgery, dentistry or midwifery

32
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Who is the main body responsible for enforcing pharmacy law?

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the GPhC

33
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What is a yellow card in the BNF?

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yellow pages that can be filled out and sent off to the MHRA to report new side effect of drugs

34
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What does a black triangle next to a drug in the BNF indicate?

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the drug is new

35
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What is a Marketing Authorisation?

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an approval every medicinal product needs before being prescribed or sold

36
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Which licensing body approve a marketing authorisation?

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the MHRA

37
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What is a Manufacturer’s license?

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an approval to allow a company to produce a medicinal product

38
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What is a Wholesale Dealer’s license?

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a permit that allows a company or person to wholesale deal

39
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define wholesale dealing

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selling or supplying to anyone other than the end-user

40
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How often do the MHRA inspect facilities to check they are appropriate for Manufacturer’s license?

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every 2 years

41
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How often do wholesalers get inspected during the 5-year period of having license?

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just before and once during 5-year period

42
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What are the 5 steps on the product development timeline?

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  1. finding new chemical product
  2. clinical trials
  3. marketing authorisation
  4. production (need ML)
  5. distribution to patients (need WDL)
43
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Who are the 3 phases of clinical trials tested on?

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I -> healthy people
II -> particular condition or illness
III -> general population

44
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Which 3 characteristics are assessed in the evaluation of a drug?

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safety, quality, efficacy

45
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What are the 3 steps of a drug being granted a marketing authorisation?

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  1. submission
  2. validation
  3. assessment
46
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What are the 3 systems used to register medicines in the EU?

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  1. centralised
  2. decentralised
  3. mutual recognition
    4.
47
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What is the centralised system used to register medicines?

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one application is made to the EMA and one European Authorisation is granted by them -> ensures medicine is available to every EU state

48
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What is the decentralised system used to register medicines?

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one application is submitted at the same time by many member states and one state takes the lead -> identical national licenses are issued in each involved

49
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What is the mutual recognition system used to register medicines?

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the first application is made to one or more EU member state authorities and either a centralised or decentralised authorisation will be granted -> mutual recognition of this authorisation occurs by other member states involved

50
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Which 3 things must every medicinal product have?

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  1. summary of product characteristics (SPC) or ‘data sheet’
  2. label
  3. patient information leaflet (PIL)
51
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What factors must the summary of product characteristics involve?

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  1. name, strength, dose
  2. composition
  3. name of UK Marketing Authorisation holder
  4. number of UK Marketing Authorisations etc
52
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What does a parallel import license involve?

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allows medicinal products with a Marketing Authorisation to be bought in one European Member State and sold in another

53
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What must the importer applying for a parallel important license already have?

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  1. manufacturer’s license (to repackage and relabel)
  2. wholesale dealer’s license (to import)
54
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define manufacturer’s specials license

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a license to allow products which have been specially made or imported for the treatment of an individual patients after being ordered by a prescriber

55
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What must homeopathic medicines have?

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A Homeopathic Certificate of Registration

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