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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. MHRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
The actions to take for sourcing medicines in different circumstances.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Information about new applications, post-licensing, advertising, product information and fees.
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) advises ministers on the safety, efficacy and quality of medicinal products. CHM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Details of the process changes for “Established Medicines”, effective from 1 March 2024, which apply specifically to ‘chemical’ products.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
Guidance for UK wholesalers and manufacturers on how to import human medicines including unlicensed medicines, how to apply for a licence and how much it costs.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Apply for a promising innovative medicine (PIM) designation or scientific opinion for your medicine from MHRA.
Information for wholesale dealer licence holders about the medicines put on the UK market for UK patients that they cannot export or hoard.
Legal requirement for the sale of veterinary medicines on the internet and the VMD Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS).
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Guidance on applications and licences for manufacturers & wholesalers, suspended and revoked licences, registrations, exporting medicines, defective medicinal products and fees.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
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