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The Law on Medicines

Volume 1 A Comprehensive Guide

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  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. I. H. Harrison

    1. The Welsh School of Pharmacy, The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Wales, UK

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Historical Background and Introduction

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    Pages 1-16

  3. The Administration of the Act

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    Pages 17-32

  4. Medicinal Products and Other Articles Subject to Control

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    Pages 33-43

  5. The Licensing System

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    Pages 45-63

  6. Licences and Certificates Relating to Products

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    Pages 65-82

  7. Licences for Activities

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    Pages 83-92

  8. Controls Over the Sale arid Distribution of Medicines

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    Pages 93-107

  9. Wholesale Sales

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    Pages 109-114

  10. Retail Sale of Medicines for Human Use

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    Pages 115-121

  11. Dispensing Medicines

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    Pages 123-136

  12. Sales, Supplies and Administration by Exempted Users

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    Pages 137-147

  13. Herbal Remedies

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    Pages 149-154

  14. Homoeopathy and Similar Systems of Medicine

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    Pages 155-161

  15. Medicinal Products for Administration to Animals

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    Pages 163-171

  16. Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs

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    Pages 173-180

  17. The Packaging and Labelling of Medicines

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    Pages 181-202

  18. The Quality of Medicinal Products Reaching the Consumer

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    Pages 203-213

  19. Promotion of Sales of Medicinal Products

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    Pages 215-226

  20. Advertisements and Representations Directed to Practitioners

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    Pages 227-234
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The Medicines Act 1968 together with its delegated legislation comprehensively controls the manufacture, packaging, labelling, distribution and promotion of medicines for both human and animal use in the United Kingdom. It also controls the import and export of such medicines. It replaced a patchwork of controls which evolved over a century. Since its enactment, more than 150 items of delegated legislation (orders and regulations) have been made under its provisions and about 130 are still operative. The sheer physical bulk of this mass of material causes difficulty, not only in comprehension but also in finding the detail so often required. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that some pieces of legislation have been amended several times. My principal aim is to provide a reference book which contains all of the provisions of the Act and its various orders, regulations as amended to date. The material is arranged to facilitate the search for detail. In order to assist the reader in finding his way through this maze, Chaper 1 consists of a survey of the situation which existed before the Act came into being, together with a synopsis of the present controls. This should enable the reader to appreciate the changes which have occurred and how the system works.

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  • The Welsh School of Pharmacy, The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Wales, UK

    I. H. Harrison

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