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List of NOl applications to import unlicensed medicines to include

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2025/00393

Received 21 April 2025

Published 23 July 2025

Request

Please find a request under the Freedom of Information act to provide data from the MHRA imports database. List of NOl applications to import unlicensed medicines to include 1. Date of NOI 2. Name of the medicinal product 3. Name of importer 4. NOl status (ie was the notification of import objected) 5. If the justification for import was a UK shortage (Y/N) 1. Please provide the data on a monthly basis for the time period 2020 - 2024 inclusive, in excel format. 2. Note, no commercially sensitive information is requested - for example the importers supply chain or the volume of medicine requested within the NOl - only equivalent information to that published by the MHRA for Parallel Import licences. I have checked the MHRA FOl disclosure log and have no found any equivalent requests. Information on product and importer has been provided previously for the product Co-proxamol - FOI 21/376 & FOl 21/465 and the MHRA previously published detailed information of importations including listing products and importers as Quarterly reports https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-reports-on-the-import-of-unlicensed-medicines (ceased and has not been resumed since 2018).

Response

see attached

Documents

• FOI2025_00393 redacted for publication.pdf (105.5 KB)

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