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<p>Only e-cigarettes that have been granted a marketing authorisation by the Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) can be prescribed by the National
Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>By law, before a medicine can be placed on the market,
it must be given a marketing authorisation (product licence) by a medicines regulator.
The United Kingdom regulator is the MHRA. A specially trained panel of medicines assessors
reviews all the available evidence arising out of the pre-clinical research and clinical
trials. Manufacturers may also be asked to supply additional information. The MHRA
also inspects the factory where the medicine is to be made, to make sure that supplies
will be of a uniformly and consistently high standard.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To
date one e-cigarette, e-Voke (10and 15mg electronic inhalers) has been granted a marketing
authorisation by the MHRA. It is, however, not yet commercially available on the UK
market to prescribe.</p><p> </p><p>It is a commercial decision whether to apply to
a medicines regulator for a marketing authorisation.</p><p> </p>
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