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Department of Health and Social Security: Committee on Safety of Medicines: Minutes...
Catalogue reference: BN 116
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BN 116
This series contains the minutes and papers of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, together with the minutes and papers of its three sub-committees: Chemistry, Pharmacy and Standards Sub-committee; Biologicals Sub-committee; Pharmacovigilance...
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- BN 116
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Committee on Safety of Medicines: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the minutes and papers of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, together with the minutes and papers of its three sub-committees: Chemistry, Pharmacy and Standards Sub-committee; Biologicals Sub-committee; Pharmacovigilance Sub-committee.
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References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' (either at the start of the piece reference or at the end), which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records.
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See also Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency records on the Committee on Safety of Medicines in MHRA 12
See also Department of Health Medicines Division records on Committe of Safety of Medicines in JA 404
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Committee on Safety of Medicines, 1970-1970
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2692 digital records, files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2025 Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
From 2019 to 2022 Department of Health and Social Care
From 2007 to 2014 Department of Health
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Medicine
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) replaced the Committee on Safety of Drugs (CSD) (1963-1970). The Medicines Commission established the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) in 1970 as a Government advisory committee under Section 4 of the Medicines Act 1968. Its purpose was to advise government health ministers (who are described in the Act as the Licensing Authority) on the quality, efficacy and safety of medicines in order to ensure that appropriate public health standards are met and maintained. It provides advice to the Licensing Authority on whether new products should be granted a marketing authorisation and it also monitored the safety of marketed medicines.
The members included pharmacists, pharmacologists, toxicologists and physicians from a wide range of disciplines working in general practice, hospitals and universities; it also includes two lay members. In 2005, CSM was replaced by the Commission on Human Medicines.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16232/
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