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Successful new format for joint VMD, Veterinary Products Committee open meeting and Pharmaceutical Industry Information Event at the VMD on 25 September 2019
The MHRA has issued an alert to heathcare professionals, as GlaxoSmithKline is recalling all unexpired stock of four types of Zantac, the medicine used to treat conditions such as heartburn and stomach ulcers.
Patients who carry Emerade auto-injector pens for the emergency treatment of severe acute allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) to foods, medicines or insect stings are being reminded of existing advice to carry 2, in-date pens w…
There will be new restrictions on exporting hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, which currently face supply shortages due to manufacturing issues.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Users of certain Johnson & Johnson Acuvue daily disposable contact lenses are being urged by the MHRA to check their lenses, due to a voluntary product recall of specific lots initiated by the company.
Dr June Raine has become interim Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today, 23 September 2019.
The MHRA has today announced that 2 Acnecide products will be formally reclassified from pharmacy to general sale list medicines.
Civil Service increases special leave allocation for special constables
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have released a Strategy for Pharmacopoeial Public Quality Standards for Biological Medicines update.
MHRA and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have begun new research on medicine use which could impact the health of pregnant women around the world.
Women who are current or past users of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat symptoms of the menopause are reminded to be vigilant for signs of breast cancer, even after stopping HRT.
Dr June Raine will become interim Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) from 20 September 2019.
For the first time, people aged 16 years and older will be able to buy a screening test patch from general sale outlets to see if they are allergic to PPD.
Following a complex investigation spanning four and a half years, Lee Tomlinson was sentenced yesterday at Hove Trial Centre to 2 years, 10 months imprisonment for his involvement in laundering the proceeds of illegal sales …
As a precautionary measure, patients taking certain types of prescription-only medicines for Parkinson’s (Neupro) and epilepsy (Vimpat) are asked to check to see if they have products from batches of medicines which are bein…
Statement from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on Allergan suspending sales of textured breast implants and tissue expanders in Europe.
Mile End man sent down for involvement in the illegal supply and sale of potentially dangerous unauthorised and prescription-only medicines and Class C drugs.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today launched a 12-week consultation on how to best engage and involve patients in the Agency’s work.
As a precautionary measure, patients taking certain types of prescription-only medicines for Parkinson’s (Neupro), epilepsy (Vimpat) and blood clots (Clexane) are asked to check to see if they have products from batches of m…
Baroness Blackwood spoke at the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) UK Market Conference.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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