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Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
The most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
Three men have been sentenced to a total of three years at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to the illegal sale and supply online of prescription-only medicines and controlled Class B and Class C drugs with a street value...
Two pharmacists who sold ‘industrial’ quantities of Class C controlled drugs were yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment each, suspended for 24 months, at Southwark Crown Court following an investigation by the Criminal Enforcement Unit of the Medicines and Healthcare...
This brief announces changes to UK VAT law allowing the zero rating for dispensing drugs prescribed by practitioners from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
This Tax Information and Impact Note explains changes to VAT zero-rating for drugs prescribed by physiotherapists and podiatrists.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with miscellaneous conditions.
Scope of the review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines.
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