Talk:Medicines Act 1968

Offences
I note possession of a POM without a prescription is not an offence unless the drug is controlled by the MDA I presume, however, the Medicines Act does define offences of unlicensed production and supply Is this so? Laurel Bush (talk) 12:50, 11 February 2010 (UTC)>

What about importing? For example, what about buying melatonin from the US off the internet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.94.230 (talk) 21:58, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Unless there has been any recent changes (I don't believe there has been), it is currently legal to import medicines for personal use providing the website is not UK based, even if they are prescription-only. Of course, this would not extend to controlled drugs, for which possession alone without a prescription can lead to prosecution. ῤerspeκὖlὖm   in ænigmate  (talk) (spy)  23:27, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Big impact
I think that this is one of the laws that established the concept of off-label use. I am looking at the off-label use article now and just made a link from there to here.

I was thinking of what more I could do.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  17:23, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Nanotechnology
This is a very thorny subject as under the definition of the Act nanoparticles present in nature ie diatoms and other such particles are sometimes found in medicines, though more commonly in other non-medical products and the environment. By extension it would seem that nanorobotics or nanites would by definition be a "medical product" though it is unclear exactly what systems might already be in place to control their use / misuse whether or not they originated in a laboratory or were found in nature and repurposed.