# The Human Medicines Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Medicinal products

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In these Regulations “medicinal product” means—
(a) any substance or combination of substances presented as having properties of preventing or treating disease in human beings; or
(b) any substance or combination of substances that may be used by or administered to human beings with a view to—
(i) restoring, correcting or modifying a physiological function by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action, or
(ii) making a medical diagnosis.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to—
(a) whole human blood; or
(b) any human blood component, other than plasma prepared by a method involving an industrial process.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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