Advisory Panel.
- - Allan Karr, Pharmacy Business Services Manager, University College Hospitals, London and Chairman of PDIG
- - Philip Aubrey, Medicines Procurement Specialist Pharmacist, London and Eastern areas
- - Jim Armstong, Senior Procurement Specialist Pharmacist, Kent and Medway, Surrey and Sussex
- - Donald Macarthur, Independent Global Pharmaceutical Business Analyst
- - Martin Anderson, Director of NHS policy and partnerships, ABPI
- - John Sithers, Pharmaceutical Industry Associate
- - Margaret Dolan, Pharmaceutical Adviser Pharmacologistics, Scotland
* Subject to ratification by the ABPI panel
In the first Issue.
- -The National Pharmaceutical Supplies Group – just another quango?
Jim Armstrong - - The Health we’re in
Roy Lilley - - Contracting for branded medicines – current challengesand future strategies
Peter Sharott - - A global strategic plan for Hospital Pharmacy
Roger Tredree - - Issues facing the Homecare market
Allan Karr - - Best practice in the implementation of homecare
Services at the acute Trust level
Michael Gains - - PPRS – Blood out of a stone?
Donald Macarthur, David Fisher, Andrew Alldred, Sue Sharpe - - Purchasing for Safety
Tim Root, Kevan Wind - - The challenges associated with developing therapies for rare diseases
Suyash Prasad - - What are undergraduate pharmacy students taught about business and procurement?
Stephen Curtis
Editorial Content.
The issues covered in the journal will be drawn from the expertise of the panel members and use their collective experience and
knowledge to address the issues facing supply chain and procurement pharmacists. Comment on business environment issues will
also be included.The pharmaceutical industry will be approached for sponsorship as appropriate.
Publication Format.
The British Journal of Medicines Procurement will be produced to the highest quality in A4 and printed on 115gsm ultra-white art paper.