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The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Submission dates and how the submissions using the EC decision reliance procedure work.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
NHS Business Services Authority contact number for ordering prepaid prescriptions for 3 or 12 months at a cheaper rate than single prescriptions
Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches we are taking on good distribution practices.
List of manufacturers and their medical devices granted an exemption by MHRA. The list also includes manufacturers whose exemption expired or was cancelled.
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.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Find out about coronavirus (COVID-19) treatments available outside of hospital, including information on free prescriptions and lateral flow tests.
Apply to manufacture Extemporaneous preparations, Autogenous vaccines, authorisations for Equine Stem Cell Centre (ESCCA) or Non-Food Animal Blood Bank (NFABBA).
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
Guidance for healthcare and public health commissioners on planning treatment services for dependence on prescription and over-the-counter medicines.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Legal terms for veterinary medicines, marketing of non-medicinal products including medicinal words and phrases, how to complain.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
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