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Guidance: Medicines that you cannot export from the UK or hoard

Department Of Health

February 24
09:15 2023

List of medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded

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This document lists the medicines that cannot be exported from the UK or hoarded. The list is updated regularly.

The government has produced guidance on export and hoarding of restricted medicines.

In October 2019, a letter to holders of a wholesale dealer licence was sent out about the restrictions on parallel exports.

As of 1 January 2021, you may no longer be able to export branded medicines that have been placed on the UK market to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Check the guidance on the exhaustion of Intellectual Property rights and parallel trade.

Hoarding or exporting a medicine on the list is considered a breach of regulation 43(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and a contravention of the wholesale dealer licence and may lead to regulatory action by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which could include immediate suspension of the wholesale dealer licence.

Further advice and information

If you have any questions about the restrictions, email restrictedmedicines@dhsc.gov.uk.

Published 3 October 2019
Last updated 24 February 2023 +show all updates
  1. Added the following 2 products to the list: 'Nirmatrelvir and ritonavir' and 'Molnupiravir'.

  2. Added on 20 December 2022: the following 3 products have been added to the list: Flucloxacillin, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir. Added on 4 October 2019:20 medicines were added to the list of medicines that are subject to export and hoarding restrictions: Adrenaline, Conjugated oestrogens, Conjugated oestrogens + Bazedoxifene, Conjugated oestrogens + Medroxyprogesterone, Estradiol, Estradiol + Dydrogesterone, Estradiol + Levonorgestrel, Estradiol + Medroxyprogesterone, Estradiol + Norethisterone acetate, Estradiol + Norgestrel, Estriol, Hepatitis B vaccine, Levonorgestrel, Medroxyprogesterone, Oseltamivir, Ospemifene, Prazosin, Progesterone, Rivaroxaban and Tibolone.

  3. Further presentations of 2 medicines have been added to the list: Amoxicillin oral suspension and oral solution, and Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Penicillin V) oral suspension and oral solution.

  4. Ten medicines have been removed from the list of medicines intended for the UK market that cannot be exported from the UK. They are: Anakinra, Budesonide, calcium chloride, Colestyramine, Dexmedetomidine, Epoprostenol, Milrinone, Rifampicin, Rivaroxaban and Salbutamol. Insulin human has been removed as this is the same product as insulin soluble human. A further 4 products have been added to the list. These are: amoxicillin, cefalexin, phenoxymethylpenicillin (Penicillin V) and azithromycin oral suspension.

  5. Added semaglutide to the list.

  6. Two medicines have been added to the list: alteplase and tenecteplase.

  7. 32 medicines have been removed from the list of medicines intended for the UK market that cannot be exported from the UK. They are: Albumin human, Adrenaline, Amikacin, Amoxicillin, Anidulafungin, Bupropion, Caspofungin, Cefalexin, Ceftazidime + Avibactam, Dabigatran etexilate, Dapagliflozin, Dobutamine, Esmolol, Flucloxacillin, Glyceryl trinitrate, Granisetron, Ketamine, Lansoprazole, Magnesium Sulfate, Metoclopramide, Micafungin, Morphine, Ondansetron, Potassium bicarbonate + Potassium chloride, Potassium chloride + Glucose + Sodium chloride, Potassium chloride + Sodium chloride, Ranitidine, Ruxolitinib, Sodium chloride, Sodium dihydrogen phosphate, Sodium lactate and Terlipressin. Two medicines have been added to the list: Conjugated oestrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate and Estriol.

  8. Updated the list to inlcude one missing product: Amiodarone - solution for injection.

  9. Updated list of medicines to reflect that 47 medicines have been removed from the list: Aclidinium bromide, Aclidinium bromide + Formoterol, Amiodarone, Bambuterol, Beclometasone + Formoterol, Beclometasone + Formoterol + Glycopyrronium bromide, Benralizumab, Ciclesonide, Edoxaban, Exenatide, Fluticasone + Formoterol, Fluticasone + Salmeterol, Fluticasone + Umeclidinium bromide + Vilanterol, Fluticasone + Vilanterol, Formoterol, Insulin aspart, Insulin aspart biphasic, Insulin degludec, Insulin degludec + Liraglutide, Insulin detemir, Insulin glargine, Insulin glargine + Lixisenatide, Insulin glulisine, Insulin isophane biphasic human, Insulin isophane biphasic porcine, Insulin isophane bovine, Insulin isophane human, Insulin isophane porcine, Insulin lispro, Insulin lispro biphasic, Insulin mixed bovine, Insulin protamine zinc bovine, Insulin soluble bovine, Insulin soluble porcine, Insulin zinc crystalline human, Insulin zinc mixed human, Lithium carbonate, Lopinavir + Ritonavir, Mesalazine, Norethisterone, Oseltamivir, Pneumococcal vaccine, Roflumilast, Semaglutide, Ticagrelor

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