You’ll need to apply for one or more licences if you want to import a licenced medicine:
Wholesale and manufacturing licences are issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA aims to complete all applications within 90 days.
If you plan to import medicine from the following countries, you’ll need to apply for a wholesaler licence.
The type of application determines the amount you pay, the number of sites, and the total amount of money you make selling licenced human medicines.
Once you are ready with your licences and other documentation, you can use Customs-Declarations.UK’s platform for filing your customs declaration swiftly and effortlessly.
If you want to import medicine from a country that isn’t on the approved country for import list for use in the UK or supply it to a country on the approved country for import list, you’ll need to apply for a manufacturer licence.
If you import medicine from outside the EEA for use in the UK or to supply to another EEA country, you’ll need to apply for a manufacturing licence in Northern Ireland.
Before you may sell human medicine, you must first obtain an MA licence. Because there are many different sorts of MA licences, the procedure you must take is determined by the type of MA licence you require.
A Qualified Person (QP) listed in the manufacturer/importer licence must certify that a drug has been prepared and tested according to good manufacturing practice before being supplied to the market.
Customs-Declarations.UK makes it easy for you to maintain and track your authorisations on a single platform and easily link those with your customs declaration.
You can import an unlicensed medicine if you meet the following criteria:
To import an introduced product into the UK, you must be a licenced wholesale dealer.
Only a person authorised to import or supply medicinal items through wholesale distribution in a country other than an approved country or in Northern Ireland in a non-EEA country may receive an introduced medicine.
If you’re importing medicine from a country that isn’t on the list of recognised countries for import, or if you’re in Northern Ireland from outside the EEA, you’ll need to apply for a manufacturer ‘specials’ licence. You will also need to make a notification of intent to import an unlicensed medicine 28 days before you do so.
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