Pharmacy law

Question 1

What does The Medicines Act 1968 control?

Answer 1

Medicinal products at all stages

Question 2

Veterinary and Human Medicines Regulations come under the Medicines Act. True or false?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What does the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 control?

Answer 3

Drugs and medicines which are addictive or misused

Question 4

What is the definition of a medicinal product?

Answer 4

Any substance presented as having properties in preventing or treating disease in human beings or that may be administered with a view or restoring physiological function by exerting a pharmacological action

Question 5

What is an authorised medicinal product?

Answer 5

Products that are industrially produced. They have:
a marketing authorisation
a certification of registration (homeopathics)
a traditional herbal registration (herbal remedies)

Question 6

A relevant medicinal product can be a registrable homeopathic or a traditional herbal product. True or false?

Answer 6

False - it is a medicinal product that is NOT a registrable homeopathic or a traditional herbal medicinal product, but has a marketing authorisation