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Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (7 March 2024) approved the medicine ganaxolone (Ztalmy) as the first anti-seizure medication in the UK to treat cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) deficiency disorder (CDD).
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) advises ministers on the safety, efficacy and quality of medicinal products. CHM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.
How we evaluated pre-exposure prophylactic (preventative) treatments for COVID-19.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Apply for a promising innovative medicine (PIM) designation or scientific opinion for your medicine from MHRA.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Covering thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide: temporary guidance for pregnancy prevention arrangements for patients taking them during COVID-19
How to apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or medicines marketed under the Exemptions for small pet animals.
The Charity Commission is seeking your views on the charitable status of complementary and alternative medicines.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Who you should contact if a pet or other animal or human has an unexpected reaction to a veterinary medicine or a problem with a microchip
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
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