Article 3. Basic concepts

The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

medicines — means obtained on the basis of medicinal substances (substances) and excipients, permitted for use in medical practice for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, as well as for changing the condition and functions of the human body; medicinal substances (substances), medicinal preparations;

medicinal substances (substances) — natural or synthetic substances having pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic activity, or used for diagnostic purposes, permitted for use in medical practice;

medicinal preparations — dosed, packaged, ready-to-use medicines;

medicinal plant raw material — plants or parts thereof containing biologically active substances, used for the manufacture and preparation of medicines;

subject of clinical research — a natural person who voluntarily participates in clinical research of a pharmacological agent or medicine on the basis of written consent;

prescription — a written instruction of a doctor to a pharmaceutical specialist to prepare and/or dispense a medicinal preparation and on its method of application;

low-quality medicine and medical product — a medicine or medical product that has become unusable and/or whose shelf life has expired;

medical products — items permitted for use in medical practice for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, as well as for changing the condition and functions of the human body;

medical equipment — apparatus, equipment, devices, instruments, tools, and complexes permitted for use in medical practice for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, as well as for determining and changing the condition and functions of the human body;

pharmacological agents — a substance or mixture of substances with a specific dosage form, pharmacological activity, and safety identified in preclinical studies, which are objects of clinical research;

pharmaceutical activity — activity covering research and development of medicines and medical products, their production, preparation, quality control, and sale;

illegal copies of medicines registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan — medicines put into circulation in violation of intellectual property legislation;