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As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Information about controlled drugs licences for companies that possess, manufacture, produce or supply controlled drugs in England, Wales or Scotland.
You must tell DVLA if your attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects your driving - download the correct form to let them know.
Decisions made by MHRA on adverts reported to have breached the legislation on advertising medicines.
If you have a health condition or disability, you’ll have an assessment to work out how much Universal Credit you can get and what you need to do in return.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Report certain types of medical conditions to DVLA if you're a car driver or motorcyclist.
Foresight project looking at how future scientific advances may affect our understanding of addiction and drug use.
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