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Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
Pharmacovigilance system requirements
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
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Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
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How investigators and sponsors should manage clinical trials during COVID-19
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Find out about the changes if you are exporting personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.
Listing of countries with a known occurrence of high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Apply for a Secondment Worker visa to work for a UK organisation as part of a high-value contract - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England.
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