Guidance

Supply unlicensed medicinal products (specials)

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Part of: Import a human medicine: guidance and forms, Patient safety, and Marketing authorisations, variations and licensing guidance
• Published: 6 May 2014

Guidance on manufacturing, importing, distributing and supplying specially manufactured or ordered products known as 'specials'.

Documents

The supply of unlicensed medicinal products 'specials', MHRA guidance note 14

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Details

This Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) guidance is for those who want to manufacture, import, distribute or supply unlicensed medicines for human use (also known as ‘specials’).

‘Specials’ are products which have been specially manufactured or imported for the treatment of an individual patient after being ordered by a:

• doctor
• dentist
• nurse independent prescriber
• pharmacist independent prescriber
• supplementary prescriber

Document information

Published: 6 May 2014

From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Part of: Import a human medicine: guidance and forms Patient safety Marketing authorisations, variations and licensing guidance