The Human Medicines Regulations 2012

Application of this Part and interpretationU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

177.—(1) This Part and Schedule 33 apply, except to the extent set out in paragraph (4)(b), in relation to medicinal products that are the subject of—

(a)a UK marketing authorisation;

(b)a traditional herbal registration; or

(c)an Article 126a authorisation.

[F1(1A) Schedule 12A applies in relation to medicinal products that are the subject of a UKMA(GB) ora THR(GB).]

[F2(1B) Regulations 178 and 179 apply in relation to EAMS medicinal products.]

(2) [F3Except in regulation 191A, references in] this Part [F4and Schedule 12A] to a “holder” are to the holder of—

(a)a UK marketing authorisation;

(b)a traditional herbal registration; or

(c)an Article 126a authorisation,

and, in relation to such references, “product” means the product to which the authorisation or registration relates.

(3) References to an “authorisation or registration” in this Part and in [F5Schedules 12A and 33] are references to—

(a)a UK marketing authorisation;

(b)a traditional herbal registration; or

(c)an Article 126a authorisation

and “authorised or registered” is to be read accordingly.

[F6(4) The following provisions of this Part and Schedule 33 apply in relation to medicinal products that are the subject of an EU marketing authorisation—

(a)regulation 206 (infringement notices);

(b)regulation 210 (offences relating to pharmacovigilance obligations under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004), and paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 33 (transitional arrangements: pharmacovigilance), but that regulation and those paragraphs do not apply in relation to the medicinal products specified in paragraph (1); and

(c)regulation 210A (offences in relation to pharmacovigilance obligations under the Implementing Regulation).]

(5) In this Part and in [F7Schedules 33 and 33A]—

“co-ordination group” means the group of that name established under Article 27 of the 2001 Directive;

“Eudravigilance database” means the database and data-processing network set up and maintained by the EMA under Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004;

[F8“Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2012 of 19 June 2012 on the performance of pharmacovigilance activities provided for in Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.]

“infringement notice” has the meaning given to it in regulation 206 (infringement notices);

“relevant competent authorities” means the competent authority of each EEA state other than the United Kingdom which has granted in relation to a medicinal product—

(a)

an authorisation in accordance with Chapter 1 of Title III to the 2001 Directive (marketing authorization);

(b)

an authorisation in accordance with Chapter 4 of Title III to the 2001 Directive (mutual recognition and decentralised procedure);

(c)

a registration in accordance with Chapter 2a of Title III to the 2001 Directive (traditional use registration for herbal medicinal products); or

(d)

an authorisation in accordance with Article 126a of the 2001 Directive;

“relevant post-authorisation safety study” means a post-authorisation safety study which—

(a)

is non-interventional;

(b)

is initiated, managed or financed by the holder voluntarily or pursuant to conditions imposed under regulation 59 (conditions of a UK marketing authorisation: general) or 61 (conditions of a UK marketing authorisation: new obligations post-authorisation); and

(c)

involves the collection of safety data from patients or health care professionals; F9...

[F10“signal” means, in relation to a UKMA(GB) or THR(GB), information arising from one or multiple sources, including observations and experiments, which suggests a new potentially causal association, or a new aspect of a known association between an intervention and an event or set of related events, either adverse or beneficial, which is judged to be of sufficient likelihood to justify verificatory action; and]

“UK web-portal” has the meaning given in regulation 203 (obligations on licensing authority in relation to national medicines web-portal).

Textual Amendments

F3Words in reg. 177(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2014) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1878), regs. 1, 19 and words in reg. 177(2) substituted (N.I.) (1.10.2014) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.R. 2014/324), regs. 1(1), 19