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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. MHRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Search for information about medicines including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
Information about new applications, post-licensing, advertising, product information and fees.
How to get scientific advice about your licence application from MHRA, including: submitting a request, your meeting with MHRA, fees.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
The actions to take for sourcing medicines in different circumstances.
The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) advises ministers on the safety, efficacy and quality of medicinal products. CHM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
Details of the process changes for established medicines, effective from 1 March 2024, which apply specifically to chemical products.
Crescent Pharma Limited has informed the MHRA regarding an error with the European Article Number (EAN) barcode on the cartons of the above-mentioned batches of Pantoprazole 40 mg Gastro-Resistant Tablets distributed by Crescent Pharma Limited.
Guidance on applications and licences for manufacturers & wholesalers, suspended and revoked licences, registrations, exporting medicines, defective medicinal products and fees.
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
The CMU is part of the Medicine, Pharmacy and Industry Group of DHSC which looks at supply and procurement in hospitals.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
Sets out medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded because they are needed for UK patients.
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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