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The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency today announced the appointment of Professor Sir Michael Rawlins as its new Chair. He will take up post formally from 01 December 2014 and his appointment will be for three years.
Professor Sir Michael will take over from Sir Gordon Duff from December 2014.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced the UK’s biggest seizure of smart drugs, also known as cognitive enhancers or nootropics.
An innovative cell therapy for cancer has become the first designated ‘promising’ as part of a scheme to get medicines to patients quicker.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Regulators for the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector have pledged to reduce bureaucratic burdens on firms.
State-of-the-art medicines will be fast-tracked to patients thanks to the Early Access to Medicines Scheme.
The Department of Health has today announced that three new Non-Executive Directors will join the board of the MHRA.
Professor David Salisbury calls for health professionals to stay focused on promoting whooping cough vaccine to pregnant women.
The Department of Health has today announced the appointment of Dr Ian Hudson as Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).…
Some recent appointments and re-appointments have been made to the Department’s public bodies and committees.
Four new non-executive members will join Public Health England’s (PHE) Advisory Board Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.
Businesses invited to help shape ‘growth duty’ and Regulators’ Code
Defra has approved trials of GM vaccines against prostate cancer and HIV.
*4 February 2013 update: the closing date for applications has been extended to 19 Febuary 2013. The position
4 February 2013 update: the closing date for applications has been extended to 19 Febuary 2013.
The Department of Health, the NHS Commissioning Board, NHS surgeons (urologists and gynaecologists), and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are taking action to help reduce the side effects after surgery using vaginal tape for stress incontinence and vaginal…
Dr David Lovell has been appointed as the new chair of the COM.
Thousands of young children will be spared hospital stays and hundreds of thousands of GP visits caused by diarrhoea thanks to a new vaccination programme, announced today by the Department of Health.
Border Force plays key role in intercepting approximately £3.8 million of fake and unlicensed medicines in the UK during global crackdown.
Pregnant women will be offered whooping cough vaccinations to protect their newborn babies following a rise in cases and deaths amongst young infants, Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies has announced.
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