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Friday, 19 January 2024
New aid launched to help determine the fee that will be charged upon the submission of an application to the MHRA....
Monday, 15 January 2024
The new safety measures being introduced in UK are for male and female patients ...
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
The successful five winners of a brand new challenge from a collaboration of regulators and healthcare organisations in the UK and US have been announ...
Tuesday, 09 January 2024
MHRA sets out new plans to protect patient safety and enable access without delay for UK patients to innovative medical technologies ...
Tuesday, 09 January 2024
The novel type 2 oral polio vaccine (nOPV2), developed by a team including scientists from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MH...
Tuesday, 02 January 2024
In partnership with other global regulators, IRP is expected to further help bring life-saving new medicines to UK patients....
Wednesday, 27 December 2023
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (27 December) approved the advanced melanoma medicine Opdualag (nivolumab-rel...
Thursday, 21 December 2023
From brussels sprouts to dodgy diet products, these tips from the MHRA will help you stay safe during the festive season and beyond ...
Monday, 18 December 2023
The MHRA has reminded healthcare professionals prescribing aripiprazole to be alert to the known risk of patients developing addictive gambling, follo...
Friday, 15 December 2023
New Access Work-Sharing Pathway for Priority Procedures....
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Applications are now open for academic institutions wishing to bid for funding to collaborate with others to establish new Regulatory Science and Inno...
Monday, 11 December 2023
Three men have been sentenced to a total of three years at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to the illegal sale and supply online of presc...
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Patients can be reassured that Fluenz nasal spray vaccines remain safe and effective when used within the revised expiry dates....
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) seized hundreds of thousands of doses of suspected il...
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Other effective medicines are available for epilepsy and bipolar disorder and valproate should only be used if these don’t work or aren’t suitable for...
Friday, 24 November 2023
MHRA tells patients and healthcare professionals to stop using affected gels and retailers told to withdraw affected products....
Monday, 20 November 2023
IRP is expected to further help bringing life-saving new medicines to UK patients from 1 January 2024...
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) is based on the innovative gene-editing tool CRISPR, which won its inventors the Nobel Prize in 2020...
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
For the first time, 2- to 5-year-old patients with a certain type of cystic fibrosis could access cystic fibrosis drugs Kaftrio and Kalydeco....
Thursday, 09 November 2023
As a founding member and former chair of the?International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA), the Medicines and Healthcare product...
Wednesday, 08 November 2023
For the first time in the UK, obese patients and people who are overweight with weight-related health problems could now have access to Mounjaro, curr...
Monday, 06 November 2023
Anastrozole is now authorised as a preventative treatment for post-menopausal women at moderate or high risk of breast cancer....
Monday, 06 November 2023
Whether you’re a patient, healthcare professional or carer, this year’s #MedSafetyWeek campaign is calling on you to help improve the safety of medica...
Friday, 03 November 2023
Patients with a certain type of advanced or spreading non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) could access a new cancer therapy to help treat their conditi...
Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Patients with severe alopecia areata (patchy hair loss) could access a new medicine to help treat their condition....
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Over two million doses of illegally traded medicines valued at almost £5m seized so far this year....
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
New measures strengthen the safe use of the acne drug isotretinoin for patients across the UK, following a patient-focused expert review...
Monday, 30 October 2023
The AI-Airlock will assist in the development and deployment of software and AI medical devices, safely providing patients with earlier access to cutt...
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Fake, potentially harmful Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been found in the UK: you should only access these medicines via a medical prescription. ...
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have collaborated to identify ...