The required elements for the reference are:

Company. (Year of publication) Title of SmPC medicine. Place of publication: Publisher. Available at: URL [Accessed date].

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment:

GlaxoSmithKline UK. (2025) Anoro Ellipta 55 micrograms/22 micrograms inhalation powder, pre-dispensed SmPC. Leatherhead: Datapharm. Available at: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/5423/smpc [Accessed 22 October 2025].

In-text citation 

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

According to GlaxoSmithKline UK (2025) nasopharyngitis is the most frequently cited adverse reaction.

Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

Nasopharyngitis has been reported in 9% of uses (GlaxoSmithKline UK 2025).

Points to note:

• The authors of SmPC reports are the companies who produce the drugs, not the EMC website.
• The publisher of the EMC website is Datapharm, based in Leatherhead.

• British National Formulary
• British National Formulary for Children
• British Pharmacopoeia