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Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
Details of General Licences issued by OFSI
Details of expired General Licences issued by OFSI.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
How to show MHRA you're meeting good clinical practice (GCP) standards and what to expect from an inspection.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Brazil.
Guidance for industry and organisations to follow from 1 January 2021.
Apply to manufacture Extemporaneous preparations, Autogenous vaccines, authorisations for Equine Stem Cell Centre (ESCCA) or Non-Food Animal Blood Bank (NFABBA).
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) administers the UK’s system of export controls and licensing for military and dual-use items. ECJU is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
What you need to do to place a medical device on the Great Britain, Northern Ireland and European Union (EU) markets.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
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