* Department of Health & Social Care Guidance THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BORDERLINE SUBSTANCES: HOW TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION Updated 20 November 2024 CONTENTS * Complete an application

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APPLICATION FORM Application forms are available on the ACBS application forms and guidance page. SEND AN APPLICATION Send a PDF copy of the application to [email protected]. The PDF copy

must be a single file document. All information must be legible, any product labels or images must be of a high resolution, and all pages must be rotated so that, where possible, any text is

the right way up to help with reading. Please ensure you read the following additional rules and caveats in respect of type 1, type 2 and type 3 applications. TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 APPLICATIONS

Type 1 applications are for new formulations that have substantiated advantages and where there is no comparable product on the market (Part XV of the Drug Tariff). The Drug Tariff is on

the NHS Business Services Authority website Type 2 applications are for formulations that are broadly similar in composition to existing products already on the market. Type 1 and type 2

applications are reviewed at ACBS meetings. These applications must be received by the ACBS Secretariat on or before the closing date for the relevant meeting. TYPE 3 APPLICATIONS Type 3

applications are for changes to existing products that have already been approved by the ACBS. These are reviewed throughout the year and may be submitted at any time. In exceptional

circumstances, we may review a type 3 application and decide that it needs to be reviewed at a committee meeting. You will be notified if we decide this. HARD COPY APPLICATIONS We do not

require hard copy applications but may request them. You will be notified if we decide this. If we do request hard copies, they must be bound using wire-o binding (wiro binding), otherwise

known as twin loop wire or double loop wire binding. Please post hard copies to: ACBS Secretariat Desk 2NE007 Department of Health and Social Care Quarry House Leeds LS2 7UE ACBS MEETINGS

AND SUBMISSION CLOSING DATES * 10 March 2025 - closing date for submissions is 13 January 2025 * 15 July 2025 - closing date for submissions is 20 May 2025 * 10 November 2025 - closing date

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