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Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Information about controlled drugs licences for companies that possess, manufacture, produce or supply controlled drugs in England, Wales or Scotland.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
The most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation.
Fifteen new synthetic opioids and 5 other drugs will be banned as Class A drugs as the government continues to act to prevent drug deaths.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for Veterinary Practice Premises Inspections.
The T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar places to denature controlled drugs to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
Information for wholesale dealer licence holders about the medicines put on the UK market for UK patients that they cannot export or hoard.
From 8 November 2023 Nitrous Oxide is controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and placed in Schedule 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
Information and resources to support commissioners, service providers and others to reduce harm and prevent deaths related to substance misuse.
Draws attention to The Misuse of Drugs (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2023 which amends the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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