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How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
Provides information on how the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) is controlling spend on branded medicines in the NHS.
How veterinary medicines can be advertised.
An overview of the process including submitting or fast-tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
Register as a manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances.
How to apply for, update and cancel licences for the manufacture, import and wholesale of human and veterinary medicines.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
How to apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or medicines marketed under the Exemptions for small pet animals.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Information for wholesale dealer licence holders about the medicines put on the UK market for UK patients that they cannot export or hoard.
Details of the process changes for established medicines, effective from 1 March 2024, which apply specifically to chemical products.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
The actions to take for sourcing medicines in different circumstances.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
This guidance provides information on comparator products used in studies supporting abridged marketing authorisation applications
A wholesale dealer in Great Britain may import Qualified Person certified medicines from the European Economic Area if certain checks are made by the ‘Responsible Person (import)’
Information about how to register your homeopathic medicinal product through the Simplified Homeopathic Registration Scheme or the UK Homeopathic National Rules Scheme
If pharmacies wish to ‘pack down’ larger packs of a medicinal product, they need to follow these instructions
Information about new applications, post-licensing, advertising, product information and fees.
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