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ByMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agencyopal_isle_7aab13

How to get a parallel import licence for your medicine in the UK, including pharmacovigilance requirements and submitting your application.

Adapted edition

Consumer product safety
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
8
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

How to get a parallel import licence for your medicine in the UK, including pharmacovigilance requirements and submitting your application. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Parallel import licence application categories
  • Parallel import (simple)
  • Parallel import (complex)
  • Parallel import (standard)
  • Parallel Imports following the agreement of the Windsor Framework
  • Falsified Medicines Directive: Requirements for Parallel Imports
  • Submit your parallel import licence application
  • Documents for submission
  • Sample scan submission
  • Packaging materials
  • Labelling Artwork Submission
  • Patient Information Leaflets (PILs)
  • User testing for readability of patient information leaflets
  • Company Functions involved in parallel importing
  • Suppliers' list declaration
  • Assessment process - One 'RFI' Rule
Source and licence
Medicines: apply for a parallel import licence

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, ‘Medicines: apply for a parallel import licence’ (updated 26 August 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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