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Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Covering thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide: temporary guidance for pregnancy prevention arrangements for patients taking them during COVID-19
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
How to register with an NHS doctor and patient questionnaires in Ukrainian and Russian.
Two pharmacists who sold ‘industrial’ quantities of Class C controlled drugs were yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment each, suspended for 24 months, at Southwark Crown Court following an investigation by the Criminal Enforcement Unit of the Medicines and Healthcare...
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
These reports explain our assessment of the scientific evidence used to lead to regulatory decisions on the safety of medicines or medicines classes.
A summary of recent letters and notifications sent to healthcare professionals about medicines and medical devices.
Information about how to register your homeopathic medicinal product through the Simplified Homeopathic Registration Scheme or the UK Homeopathic National Rules Scheme
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Guidance for UK wholesalers and manufacturers on how to import human medicines including unlicensed medicines, how to apply for a licence and how much it costs.
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