The Human Medicines Regulations 2012

Medicinal products

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.—(1) In these Regulations “medicinal product” means—

(a)any substance or combination of substances presented as having properties of preventing or treating disease in human beings; or

(b)any substance or combination of substances that may be used by or administered to human beings with a view to—

(i)restoring, correcting or modifying a physiological function by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action, or

(ii)making a medical diagnosis.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to—

(a)whole human blood; or

(b)any human blood component, other than plasma prepared by a method involving an industrial process.