The Essentials: UK Medicines Regulation

This short course introduces the fundamental principles of medicines regulation in the UK, focusing on OTC medicines.  It is ideal for individuals working in a regulatory or brand management role for OTC medicines who are new to the UK industry or your organisation, or would like a refresher on the foundations of OTC medicines regulation.

This course is divided into 6 modules:  

• Module 1 – provides an overview of how medicines are regulated in the UK. 
• Module 2 – explores the definition of a medicine and how medicines are classified in the UK. 
• Module 3 – introduces the medicines licensing and authorisation process. 
• Module 4 – provides an overview of the summary of product characteristics and how this informs the patient information leaflet and packaging. 
• Module 5 – focuses on the reclassification of medicines. You will learn what reclassification is and why it is so important for self-care. 
• Module 6 – gives a brief overview of the advertising of OTC medicines and how it is regulated in the UK. 

It should take approx. 2 hours to complete the course and final quiz.