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How to prepare for implementation and compliance of the Safety Features Regulation.
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Falsified, potentially harmful Ozempic▼ and Saxenda products have been found in the UK.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), working with law enforcement partners, seized more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines with a street value of more than £30 million during 2023.
Information relating to the disapplication of falsified medicines under UK Law.
MHRA seeks views on the listing of prescription medicines exempted from the safety feature and non-prescription medicines that must bear the safety feature (MLX387).
Fake, potentially harmful Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been found in the UK: you should only access these medicines via a medical prescription.
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.
Anyone in Northern Ireland selling medicines to the public via a website must still comply with the requirement to apply the EU common logo.
How to get a parallel import licence for your medicine in the UK, including pharmacovigilance requirements and submitting your application.
Thousands of counterfeit or unbranded copies of LifeVac anti-choking devices are being sold across the UK. The public is reminded to check their product carefully against the images in MHRA guidance to identify whether it is a counterfeit.
A company director and his pharmaceutical manufacturing company were sentenced in court today after pleading guilty to two charges of falsifying data that supported the shelf life of a medicine, adversely affecting its quality in order to obtain a licence...
This consultation invites views on the proposed steps we intend to take to make sure the UK meets its obligations to transpose the 'safety features' provisions of the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD).
Details of the Yellow Card scheme, which is the system for recording adverse incidents with medicines and medical devices in the UK.
Evaluation of the Department of Health impact assessment for Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU
Over two million doses of illegally traded medicines valued at almost £5m seized so far this year.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) seized hundreds of thousands of doses of suspected illegally traded medicines, including powerful prescription-only medicines, following coordinated raids at two residential and two business premises across North Manchester.
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