United Kingdom #6499 (v.5)

Measures to regulate exports of certain medicaments

Regulation 43(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 requiring wholesale dealers to ensure continued supply of medicinal products so that the needs of patients in the UK are met. Further details can be found through: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/contents/made

The date restrictions came into effect varies by medicine; this is specified for each medicine on the list, last updated on 20 December 2022 and available on gov.uk at:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1125639/restricted_medicines_list_19_december_2022_v.1.csv

The list of medicines is maintained by the Department of Health and Social Care.

These measures are reviewed regularly.
A full change log of previous measures, from October 2019, can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medicines-that-cannot-be-parallel-exported-from-the-uk

Medicines included on this list meet the following conditions:
• The medicine is required to meet the needs of UK patients
• The medicine is currently in shortage or risk of being in shortage
• The export of the medicine would contribute to or exacerbate a shortage, or risk of shortage, of that medicine in the UK

HS 2022