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Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Requesting comments on draft risk profiles and risk management evaluations for 5 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP review committee.
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Application for a licence to trade in precursor chemicals category 2 substances
Customer declaration of specific uses of the scheduled category 1 or 2 substances (multiple transactions).
Requesting comments on a draft risk profile and risk management evaluations for 3 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP review committee.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
An update on the European Commission’s discussion paper on health claims on botanical substances used in foods
Guidance on domestic licensing requirements.
How to use evidence of drug-related activity and harm to improve prevention and treatment of substance misuse and associated problems.
This series brings together all documents relating to the UK government’s 10-year drugs strategy.
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
This report is concerned with advice on the issue of novel psychoactive substances (NPS), sometimes known as ‘legal highs’.
A resource pack on new psychoactive substances for educators and practitioners working with young people.
Collecting information for risk management evaluations for 2 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee.
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