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[rik084]

hi there

I'm a fifth year pharmacy student in France and i 'm here to find some informations about UK publicity ( advertising) guidelines for my study case.
I know that uk is part of europe and consequently the guidelines are the same in uk or in france but I am not really sure that why I ask

[johnep]

Advertising of OTC (over the counter) to the public or advertising of prescribed medicines to doctors etc, or both?
johnep

[rik084]

advertising of prescribed medecines
thanks johnep

[johnep]

Google ABPI (Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry). They police the advertising and will probably have a set of guidelines plus reports where companies have transgressed.
johnep

[screeching]

Hello, I am a year 2 student tech. hoping to get help with some of the trickier elements of the BTEC assignments and GNVQ Level III modules.

[Almaaz]

Hi everyone,

I qualified in 2005 and graduated from King's College London. Spent some time locuming, worked as a pharmacy manager for one of the chains then moved into regulation. Things have changed and now I am back to locuming.

I've been through the forum and I'm really impressed with the advice and pointers people give. I've picked up some myself. I'm back to ask for information but thought I should give an intro to myslef first.

All the best :-)

[js302]

Hiya, Im' Jay.I'm 29. (time does fly)
I live and work in Uganda as an agronomist.
I work with cattle and other farm animals, and medicines and treatments are part of daily life.
I thought i ought to learn more from a place like this .
So hi, and here I am !!!

[johnep]

Hi Jay,
Used to visit E Africa when in export. I sold a range of vitamins and amino acids as animal feed supplements. While in Kenya, I discovered that 'Kikuyu' eggs prized for their dark yolks whereas battery eggs were a bit anaemic looking. This is because the variety of maize is white so no carotenes to colour the yolks. I sold carophyll range of carotenoids to adjust the colour to whatever you wanted using layer diets. Chickens in UK are white ( fed mainly on wheat) whereas Loue chickens from France are fed on yellow maize and are yellow. Carophlls could be added to poutry diets.
Not much of a market in E Africa for straight vitamins as few compounders, and concentrates supplied from Europe as a way of getting money out of the country.
However, had some success with injectable Vit compound of A,D, and E. --Rovisol.
Once visited a pig farm in Zambia where they were processing for Bacon. On the other side of the thin partition could hear the pigs meeting their end.

Do you have any nutritional problems?
johnep

[Muslim Pharmacist]

hi for all

I'm a student in pharmacy college in Homs, Syria

here in Syria we study pharmacy for 5 years after High school

Anyway, I'm now at 4th year, and I'll be graduated next year

I decided to continue studying in pharmacy, in a way to have a Master degree, and maybe Ph.D. But it's something hard here in Syriam because u continue studying if u have a high marks, so I'm thinking about studying outside

maybe It's early to talk about that while I'm intoducing myself

Sooooooo.........


I'm just ur small brother who wants to have benefit from ur experience

I'm sorry if I made mistakes in writting, but my origin language is Arabic

I hope u accept me as a friend

Yamen
the future professor in pharmacy

[DavidS]

Hello Future-prof Yamen,
welcome to the Forum.