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How to get a parallel import licence for your medicine in the UK, including pharmacovigilance requirements and submitting your application.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on applying for a marketing authorisation for parallel import (MAPI).
Actions that parallel exporters to the EEA and intellectual property rights holders need to take.
Parallel import licences granted in 2024
The process to convert Parallel Distribution Notices (PDNs) into Parallel Import Licences (PILs)
Parallel import (PLPI) licences granted since January 2014.
Explainer for the pharmaceutical industry on the ongoing implementation of the Veterinary Medicines Regulation relating to applications and authorisations for veterinary medicines.
Information relating to parallel imports and the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
Parallel import licences granted in 2023
The fingerprint parallel session 1 covered the fingermark enhancement manual that launched in January 2014.
Information relating to the disapplication of falsified medicines under UK Law.
Information for wholesale dealer licence holders about the medicines put on the UK market for UK patients that they cannot export or hoard.
Sets out medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded because they are needed for UK patients.
To be able to eliminate malaria, accurate, timely reporting and tracking of all confirmed malaria cases is crucial
Guidance for complainants and companies on how the UK NCP handles parallel legal proceedings for multinational enterprises complaints.
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