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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.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
We are considering making Dovonex Psoriasis 50 microgram/g Ointment available to buy from pharmacies. We always want to involve the public and healthcare professionals in decisions that affect them. We want to know what you think about this change.
The review of the safety of isotretinoin has concluded.
Legislation title: Guidance on the application of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) for phytosanitary treatment of oak processionary moth (OPM).
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
Guidance on the 150-day assessment timeline for high-quality marketing authorisation applications including information on how to apply.
How you import from and export to Turkey.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
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