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Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
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The review of the safety of isotretinoin has concluded.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
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