Unlicensed medicines
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Evaluating the quality of UK Manufactured Specials
24 June 2024Information from suppliers enables purchasers to assess the quality of UK manufactured Specials
Off-label or unlicensed product use under HMR 2012 exemptions
8 April 2024A legal position summary regarding the sale, supply or administration of off-label/unlicensed products under Schedule 17 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
Using Standardised Strengths of Unlicensed Liquid Medicines in Children
10 August 2023A joint statement from the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
Labelling and packaging of unlicensed medicines (Specials): best practice guidance for the NHS
12 April 2022National guidance from NHSE/I to reduce LASA errors and improve patient safety when considering requirements for unlicensed specials medicines
Risk Associated with the Outsourcing of the Aseptic Compounding of Parenteral Nutrition (Yellow Cover)
16 December 2016The purpose of this document is to give guidance to those outsourcing PN compounding on the risks in the outsourcing and supply process and to…
Unlicensed medicines
All our advice relating to making, purchasing and using unlicensed medicines.
Unlicensed medicines podcast series
13 May 2025A series of podcasts about unlicensed medicines
Making unlicensed medicines
30 November 2023Medicines may be made without the need for a marketing authorisation in some circumstances
Understanding food supplements
26 August 2025Food supplements are manufactured and regulated differently to medicines. Understanding the differences informs safe and appropriate treatment decisions.