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Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Information about how to register your homeopathic medicinal product through the Simplified Homeopathic Registration Scheme or the UK Homeopathic National Rules Scheme
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.
There are different regulations which apply to devices and equipment including hand gels and PPE (personal protective equipment)
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration including a list of banned ingredients and granted herbal medicines.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
The British Museum (BM) was the first national public museum in the world. Its permanent collection, over 8 million works, is amongst the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from every continent, illustrating and documenting the story of...
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
The MHRA will introduce a patient alert card to increase awareness among men taking finasteride about potential psychiatric and sexual side effects
Check the tariff classification for surface-active preparation for washing the skin and the hair (gel 2-in-1).
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries. Its collections include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages including books, magazines, manuscripts, maps, music scores, newspapers, patents,...
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
VisitBritain (VB) is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy. It works with UK Trade & Investment as well as airlines, travel operators, global brands and the official tourism bodies for London, England,...
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.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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