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Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: overarching documents

Further documents relating to the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2020.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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The Medicines and Medical Devices Act became law in February 2021.

Documents

[Withdrawn] Factsheet: support to the life sciences sector

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[Withdrawn] Factsheet: access to innovative treatments

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[Withdrawn] Factsheet: emergencies

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[Withdrawn] Factsheet: enforcement and civil sanctions

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[Withdrawn] Factsheet: veterinary medicines

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[Withdrawn] Factsheet: online sellers of medicines

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[Withdrawn] Factsheet: medical devices information sharing and device register

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Details

The factsheets provide additional information on key areas of the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill.

The document ‘how a medical device information system may work in practice’ relates to an amendment of the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill.

See also the impact assessment and illustrative draft statutory instruments on the bill.

The Medicines and Medical Devices Act became law in February 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 14 February 2020
Last updated 18 July 2024 + show all updates
  1. Removed impact assessment and illustrative draft statutory instruments (now published on separate page - see 'Details' section of page for link).

  2. Factsheet: falsified medicines' to add information about the 'safety features' element of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive scheme.

  3. Replaced 'Factsheet: medical devices overview' with an updated version.

  4. Replaced 'Factsheet: patient safety' with 'Factsheet: Patient Safety Commissioner'; updated 'Factsheet: falsified medicines' with more information following our exit from the EU; updated 'Factsheet: medical devices information system' following a further amendment made to the MMD Bill during Lords Committee; added 2 documents: 'Factsheet: Devices Advisory Expert Committee' and 'Factsheet: international data sharing'.

  5. Added 2 new documents: 'How a medical device information system may work in practice' and 'Factsheet: medical devices information system'.

  6. Added 10 factsheets that provide additional information about the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill.

  7. First published.

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