Websites offering medicinal treatment services – June 2021
Published 27 August 2021
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1. SUMMARY REPORT FOR PUBLICATION
1.1 Websites offering medicinal treatment services – June 2021
The following companies have amended their advertising following MHRA action on complaints to ensure that unlicensed or prescription only medicines are not promoted to the public, and/or that factual statements about medicines are not misleading:
Planet Medical Limited t/a FromMars
The following companies have amended their advertising for weight-loss services, following MHRA action on complaints to ensure that prescription only medicines are not promoted to the public, including any use outside the indications for which they are licensed:
Slim Transformation
The lists relate to specific advertising action taken on a particular date and is no endorsement of the ongoing practices of the website.
You can see details of MHRA guidance for providers that offer medicinal treatment services in Appendix 6 of the MHRA Blue Guide.