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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 .
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Placing a veterinary medicine on the market, including non-medicinal products, medicinal words and phrases, how to obtain advice, report non-compliance.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Information for healthcare professionals on how pulse oximeters are regulated, home use and issues to look out for when using the devices
You can only import certain goods using an ATA Carnet to claim relief under temporary admission in the UK. Some goods have special conditions attached.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Guidance for healthcare professionals on using single-use medical devices.
Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices.
Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft
Guidance on whether or not your product is a medical device.
Guidance on applications and licences for manufacturers & wholesalers, suspended and revoked licences, registrations, exporting medicines, defective medicinal products and fees.
Information on when software applications are considered to be a medical device and how they are regulated.
Information on the measures in the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill.
Report on all regulations in force during the first reporting period made using the powers in specific sections of the act, including stakeholder feedback and the department’s response.
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