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This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
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Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
Guidance for organisations involved in any aspect of the pharmaceutical lifecycle or GLP studies regulated by MHRA, covering the approval of paper documents when working from home
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
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