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Guidance: Medicines that you cannot export from the UK or hoard

Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

November 17
12:02 2022

List of medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded

Details

This document lists the medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded. The list is updated regularly.

The government has produced guidance on export and hoarding of restricted medicines.

In October 2019, a letter to holders of a wholesale dealer licence was sent out about the restrictions on parallel exports.

As of 1 January 2021, you may no longer be able to export branded medicines that have been placed on the UK market to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Check the guidance on the exhaustion of Intellectual Property rights and parallel trade.

Hoarding or exporting a medicine on the list is considered a breach of regulation 43(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and a contravention of the wholesale dealer licence and may lead to regulatory action by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which could include immediate suspension of the wholesale dealer licence.

Further advice and information

If you have any questions about the restrictions, email restrictedmedicines@dhsc.gov.uk.

Published 3 October 2019
Last updated 17 November 2022 +show all updates
  1. Added semaglutide to the list.

  2. Two medicines have been added to the list: alteplase and tenecteplase.

  3. 32 medicines have been removed from the list of medicines intended for the UK market that cannot be exported from the UK. They are: Albumin human, Adrenaline, Amikacin, Amoxicillin, Anidulafungin, Bupropion, Caspofungin, Cefalexin, Ceftazidime + Avibactam, Dabigatran etexilate, Dapagliflozin, Dobutamine, Esmolol, Flucloxacillin, Glyceryl trinitrate, Granisetron, Ketamine, Lansoprazole, Magnesium Sulfate, Metoclopramide, Micafungin, Morphine, Ondansetron, Potassium bicarbonate + Potassium chloride, Potassium chloride + Glucose + Sodium chloride, Potassium chloride + Sodium chloride, Ranitidine, Ruxolitinib, Sodium chloride, Sodium dihydrogen phosphate, Sodium lactate and Terlipressin. Two medicines have been added to the list: Conjugated oestrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate and Estriol.

  4. Updated the list to inlcude one missing product: Amiodarone - solution for injection.

  5. Updated list of medicines to reflect that 47 medicines have been removed from the list: Aclidinium bromide, Aclidinium bromide + Formoterol, Amiodarone, Bambuterol, Beclometasone + Formoterol, Beclometasone + Formoterol + Glycopyrronium bromide, Benralizumab, Ciclesonide, Edoxaban, Exenatide, Fluticasone + Formoterol, Fluticasone + Salmeterol, Fluticasone + Umeclidinium bromide + Vilanterol, Fluticasone + Vilanterol, Formoterol, Insulin aspart, Insulin aspart biphasic, Insulin degludec, Insulin degludec + Liraglutide, Insulin detemir, Insulin glargine, Insulin glargine + Lixisenatide, Insulin glulisine, Insulin isophane biphasic human, Insulin isophane biphasic porcine, Insulin isophane bovine, Insulin isophane human, Insulin isophane porcine, Insulin lispro, Insulin lispro biphasic, Insulin mixed bovine, Insulin protamine zinc bovine, Insulin soluble bovine, Insulin soluble porcine, Insulin zinc crystalline human, Insulin zinc mixed human, Lithium carbonate, Lopinavir + Ritonavir, Mesalazine, Norethisterone, Oseltamivir, Pneumococcal vaccine, Roflumilast, Semaglutide, Ticagrelor, Tiotropium, Tiotropium + Olodaterol. Bupropion tablets added to the restricted export list.

  6. Updated list of medicines to supplement the previous update of 30 October 2020. The new, shorter list comes into effect on 3 August 2021. 30 medicines have been removed from the list of medicines intended for the UK market that cannot be exported from the UK. They are: Atenolol, Beclometasone, Bisoprolol, Budesonide + Formoterol, Buprenorphine, Buprenorphine, Chloroquine phosphate, Digoxin, Estradiol + Norethisterone acetate, Fluticasone, Ondansetron, Plasma-Lyte, Salbutamol + Beclometasone, Sodium chloride, Granisetron, Ibuprofen, Ipratropium, Labetalol, Lisinopril, Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate, Metoprolol, Mometasone, Nedocromil, Terbutaline, Terbutaline, Prednisolone, Salbutamol + Ipratropium, Salmeterol, Sodium cromoglicate, Sodium cromoglicate + Salbutamol.

  7. Updated details section to state that from 1 January 2021 you may no longer be able to export branded medicines that have been placed on the UK market to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). You should check the guidance on changes to the exhaustion of Intellectual Property rights and parallel trade from 1 January 2021.

  8. Two medicines have been added to the list: dabigatran etexilate and semaglutide. The date of restriction is 00:00am at the start of 7 November 2020.

  9. Updated list of medicines to replace previous update from 30 October. The restriction start date is 31/10/2020 00:00. 27 medicines have been

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