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Marketing authorisations granted in 2024
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Details of the process changes for established medicines, effective from 1 March 2024, which apply specifically to chemical products.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on who can be a Marketing Authorisation Holder, named distributor or local representative and how to make changes to these.
Guidance on Conditional Marketing Authorisations, exceptional circumstances Marketing Authorisations and national scientific advice
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines.
How to renew marketing authorisations for products granted through different routes and at different times.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
Marking, labelling and marketing standards you must follow to import and export plant seeds, food and manufactured goods.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval for advertising, marketing and communications activity costing £100,000 or more.
How the MHRA assesses Marketing Authorisation Applications (MAA) for medicines referred under Article 29.
Marketing standards for hops producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Submission dates and how the submissions using the EC decision reliance procedure work.
An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
Form for a business to register seed marketing operations.
How to change the ownership from one marketing authorisation (MA) holder to another.
Guidance on the decentralised and mutual recognition reliance procedure (MRDCRP) for marketing authorisation applications including information on how to apply.
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