Unless they appear on the NIMAR list, PLGB licensed medicines are not licensed in Northern Ireland. That means they are effectively supplied to NI as an Unlicensed ‘Special’.

After the implementation of the Windsor Framework, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will license all medicines across the whole of the UK’.

From the 1st of January 2025 the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland will be governed by the Windsor Framework, which will replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.