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United Kingdom: Government revises the list of medicines subject to export restrictions (May 2024)

Announcement

08 May 2024

In May 2024, the UK modified the list of medicines that cannot be exported from the UK.

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Number of interventions

2

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

08 May 2024

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 08 May 2024
Export ban In force
On 8 May 2024, the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom removed a number of medicinal products from the list of medicines that cannot be exported from the UK. The majority of the...
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Implementation date

08 May 2024

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 08 May 2024
Export ban In force
On 8 May 2024, the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom added Tirzepatide, a medication used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, to the list of medicines that cannot be exported...
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