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Women receiving treatment for epilepsy are being urged to discuss with a healthcare professional the right treatment for them if they anticipate becoming pregnant even sometime in the future, following a safety review.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today, 1 January 2021, formally starts the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP).
Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine meets regulator’s strict standards of safety, efficacy and quality.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has issued its advice on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The new vaccine has been approved after meeting the required safety, quality and effectiveness standards.
Joint clinical advice from the 4 UK Chief Medical Officers on the prioritisation of first doses of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.
Government update on the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
DHSC's Chief Commercial Officer wrote to medicine suppliers, supply chain and businesses.
DHSC's Chief Commercial Officer wrote to medicines and medical product suppliers, supply chain and businesses.
More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history.
An application for exceptional use of a COVID-19 rapid test, to be used by members of the public, has today been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The majority of the vaccines have been administered to the over-80s, care home workers and NHS staff through more than 70 sites across the UK.
Whilst in India, the Foreign Secretary announced that experts from India and the UK will work together on vaccines for COVID-19 and other deadly viruses.
637,379 participants from across the UK have now taken part in public health research into the effects of, and treatment for, COVID-19 in just over 8 months.
A letter from the Minister for Care to local authorities, directors of adult social services and managers of care homes for older adults.
The government is taking this precautionary step in advance of a rollout of an authorised COVID-19 vaccine and in line with other immunisation programmes.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference.
The vaccine will be made available across the UK to priority groups from next week.
The first COVID-19 vaccine for the UK, developed by Pfizer/BioNTech, has today been given approval for use following a thorough review carried out by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).…
Government authorises first COVID-19 vaccine on independent advice of medicines regulator.
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