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Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Guidance for pharmacists on prescriptions issued in EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
What you need to know before you can place a medical device on the Great Britain market with a UKCA mark.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for Veterinary Practice Premises Inspections.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
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 veterinary medicines can be advertised.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
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.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
NHS Business Services Authority contact number for ordering prepaid prescriptions for 3 or 12 months at a cheaper rate than single prescriptions
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
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