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If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
All marketing and advertising must be: an accurate description of the…
Advertising to consumers The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading…
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How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Submission dates and how the submissions using the EC decision reliance procedure work.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
This guidance covers ‘grandfathering’ and managing the lifecycle changes of medicinal products.
The Online Advertising Programme will review the regulatory framework of paid-for online advertising
Find out how internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing
Check a list of recent emails from HMRC to help you decide if the email you've received is a scam.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for an authorisation to place a veterinary medicine on the UK market or part of, or to expire one.
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
Guidance on Conditional Marketing Authorisations, exceptional circumstances Marketing Authorisations and national scientific advice
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