Fees for medicines, blood establishments and blood banks

This section details the fees payable for the regulation of medicines, including herbal and homeopathic medicines, and blood establishments and blood banks.


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Fees for licence applications from April

The table on this page provides the details of the fees payable for licence applications. The details for other fees are available in the subsections of this section listed within the left-hand navigational structure.


Licence applications

Marketing authorisations (including extension applications)

Fee £
  Major  
  National fee (including hybrid applications) 100,252
  Decentralised procedure where UK is CMS 96,797
  Major (reduced in exceptional circumstances1 or orders under Section 104/105) 32,135
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition (UK RMS)  
   - 1st wave 44,934
   - 2nd wave 29,516
  Incoming Mutual Recognition (UK CMS)
and European reference products
67,468
  Abridged complex  
  National fee (including hybrid applications) 27,716
  Decentralised procedure where UK is CMS 26,762
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition (UK RMS)  
   - 1st wave 11,623
   - 2nd wave 7,709
  Incoming Mutual Recognition (UK CMS)
and European reference products
18,732
  Abridged standard  
  National fee 10,162
  Decentralised procedure where UK is CMS 9,812
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition (UK RMS)  
  - 1st wave 4,628
  - 2nd wave 3,855
  Incoming Mutual Recognition (UK CMS)
and European reference products
6,864
   Abridged simple  
  National fee 2,771
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition (UK RMS) 2,769
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition
(informed consent)
2,769
   - 1st wave 2,769
   - 2nd wave 2,769
  Duplicates for all of the above outgoing Mutual Recognition applications when undertaken at the same time as the lead application 2,769
Decentralised procedure where UK is RMS  
  Major 139,235
  Abridged complex 40,780
  Abridged standard 17,920
  Abridged simple 9,275
Extension application  
  Extension application group (national fee) 27,716
  Extension application group bulk (national fee) 9,654
  Extension application group  
  Decentralised procedure where the UK is RMS 43,046
  Decentralised procedure where UK is CMS 26,762
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition (UK RMS)  
   - 1st wave 11,623
   - 2nd wave 7,709
  Incoming Mutual Recognition (UK CMS) 18,732
  Extension application group bulk  
  Decentralised procedure where the UK is RMS 18,980
  Decentralised procedure where UK is CMS 9,767
  Outgoing Mutual Recognition (UK RMS)  
   - 1st wave 4,628
   - 2nd wave 3,855
  Incoming Mutual Recognition (UK CMS) 6,864
Parallel import Complex application 2 19,650
  Standard application 2 7,201
  Simple application 1,937
     
Change of ownership (including THMPD registrations) 478
Manufacturers' licences (including THMPD and homeopathic medicinal products)  
  - Standard 3,057
  - Non-orthodox practitioner (NOP) 178
  - Change of ownership 335
Wholesale dealers' licences (including THMPD and homeopathic medicinal products)  
     
   - Standard * 1,754
   - Change of ownership 388
 Export certificates  
  - Per set (1 original + 2 copies) 66
  - Per set (urgent) 148
  - Extra copies (3rd copy +) 33
 GMP certificates  
  1 additional copy  66
 Clinical trials  
  Accreditation of Phase 1 units 126 
  Certificate of accreditation 67 
 Applications Phase 1 trial 2,255
  Phase II or Phase III trial where product being tested is unknown 4,244
  Phase II or Phase III trial where product being tested is known 3,448
  Phase IV trial 265
  Additional protocols 265
  Cross-referrals 265

Notes:

1. To which Section G of Part IV of the Annex to Council Directive 75/318/EEC refers.

2. An application for a Parallel Import licence for a product where there is no common origin between the imported and UK reference product – similar definitions for incoming Mutual Complex and Standard applications apply.

3. Special reduced rate to apply for wholesale dealers handling GSL products only and for registered retail pharmacies and small wholesale dealers where wholesaling of licensed products does not exceed 15% or £35,000 of total turnover in licensed products.

* This rate includes an additional element equivalent to an inspection fee of one day for standard applications and 3.5 hours for reduced rate applications. If the application for a WDL is withdrawn before the inspection takes place, the equivalent inspection fee will be refunded. If the inspection takes longer than 1 day for a Standard Application, or 3.5 hours for a reduced rate application, an invoice will be raised for the balance due.


Contact for further information

For further information on licensing  fees for medicines, please contact either Tracy Murray or Karen Salawu MHRA, 5 Magenta, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London, SW1W 9SZ, telephone 020 3080 6329.


Page last modified: 12 April 2012