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The New Active Substance Work Sharing Initiative (NASWSI) has successfully approved several medicines through this international collaboration and continues to foster cooperation and strong relationships between its Access partners. The Biosimilar Work Sharing Initiative (BSWSI) builds on this success.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Add metadata to data you are publishing so search engines can find the data you’ve published and display structured results for users.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
Information on COVID-19, including guidance on the assessment and management of suspected UK cases.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
Guidance and forms about importing and exporting goods, customs declarations, duties and tariffs. Including carriers and freight forwarders, storing goods, Freeports and commodity codes.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering patents.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Use this online service to complete a form or send additional documents for a UK patent you've already applied for (a patent pending)
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
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