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A new regional centre to promote Yellow Card reporting has been launched in Belfast today.
…products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The vaccine was approved after it was found to meet the UK regulator's standards of safety, quality and effectiveness
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued detailed guidance on the new International Recognition Procedure (IRP) for medicines manufacturers, including how to apply for a medicine licence.…
An investigation by the Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has led to charges being brought against five people from the Wolverhampton area for the illegal supply of prescription-only medicines and controlled drugs.
Second Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) Group meeting held with continued focus on imidacloprid and fipronil.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has designated three new UK Approved Bodies, almost doubling the UK’s capacity to certify medical devices, supporting faster certification of safe and effective medical devices for healthcare professionals and the public.
New research supported by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has shown that the time to detect polio can be halved using a technique called Direct molecular Detection and Nanopore Sequencing (DDNS), supporting the global effort to eradicate polio and help save…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reinforced its safety guidance on the steps to take in anaphylaxis, after new figures obtained by the MHRA show more than 25,000 admissions to English hospitals for allergies and anaphylaxis in 2022-23, more than doubling…
The new vaccine from HIPRA Human Health has been authorised after meeting the MHRA’s required safety, quality and effectiveness standards.
Health professionals and the public have until 15 August to share their views on the potential reclassification of codeine linctus to a prescription-only medicine.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) seized a quantity of suspected unlicensed medical products following coordinated raids at three residential and six business premises in Bolton, Greater Manchester.…
A new, visionary Corporate Plan, setting out how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to keep patients safe by enabling access to innovative, safe and effective medical products over the coming three years, has been published today (4 July 2023).
Moving from 2 to 1 dose schedule for those aged under 25 years in the universal and MSM HPV programmes.
Mr David Crundwell joined the Commission on Human Medicines on 12 June 2023 as a lay representative.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched new guidance to highlight the latest safety advice on the steps to take during anaphylaxis.…
The government commissions the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to review the harms of Xylazine and 2-Methyl-AP-237.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
New measures to commence 1 January 2025.
Kieron Banks (34) was sentenced today at the Nightingale Court in Wolverhampton for the illegal possession and intent to supply prescription-only medication valued at over £2m following investigations by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).…
The new COVID-19 vaccine from SK Chemicals, has been authorised after meeting the MHRA’s required safety, quality and effectiveness standards.
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