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A Birmingham firm is a step closer to seeing its e-cigarettes classified as medicines ? a move that could see the firm supplying the devices for NHS prescriptions.
Nicolites, based in Aston, said it was ?well-advanced? in talks with the medicines regulator over plans to have its products prescribed by medical professionals.
It is one of two known manufacturers ? alongside a subsidiary of British American Tobacco ? to apply for a licence from regulatory body Nice, amid ongoing scrutiny into tobacco substitutes by the EU and advertising watchdogs.
The news ? which comes shortly after a major boost with Tesco Express signing up to sell its products ? stands to give Nicolites a competitive advantage as the status of ?medicine?.
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/bus...ham-firm-nicolites-talks-e-cigarettes-6683552
Nicolites, based in Aston, said it was ?well-advanced? in talks with the medicines regulator over plans to have its products prescribed by medical professionals.
It is one of two known manufacturers ? alongside a subsidiary of British American Tobacco ? to apply for a licence from regulatory body Nice, amid ongoing scrutiny into tobacco substitutes by the EU and advertising watchdogs.
The news ? which comes shortly after a major boost with Tesco Express signing up to sell its products ? stands to give Nicolites a competitive advantage as the status of ?medicine?.
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/bus...ham-firm-nicolites-talks-e-cigarettes-6683552