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How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
How to create a model of how your digital health product works and choose measures for your evaluation.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
The UK’s consumer connectable product security regime came into effect on 29 April 2024. Businesses in the supply chains of these products now need to be compliant with the legislation.
Product security factsheet accompanying the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, outlining the problems the Bill will address and how.
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.
Papers from the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.
Ensuring you get what you pay for.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
Things to consider when buying and using products.
Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence. Office for Product Safety and Standards is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
Information on OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls for unsafe products and resources for consumers, businesses and regulators.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Find out which regulations apply to your products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
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