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A husband and wife from Bootle have today been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court for the illegal online sale of unlicensed slimming pills.
New online system, Report Illicit Drug Reaction, launched today to improve knowledge of the harmful effects of new psychoactive substances.
Online retailers must follow UK law, as well as the law of the country to which they are selling medicines
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched its latest guide of UK pharmaceutical regulations, EU directives and guidance.…
The UK Stem Cell Bank (UKSCB) at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) is releasing its first stem cell lines suitable for development into novel cell-based medicines to researchers wishing to b…
Investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) results in guilty pleas for supplying unlicensed, and potentially dangerous, medicinal products.…
New Years warning issued urging athletes to avoid potentially dangerous DMAA, otherwise known as Methylhexanamine
MHRA has launched a ‘Week of Action’ to improve awareness of unlicensed medicines containing the potentially dangerous ingredient DMAA.
The 2017 New Year Honours recognise the achievements of a wide range of people throughout the health and social care sector.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Looking back at what the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has achieved over the last year.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is conducting a large scale investigation into the diversion of prescription only medicines to the criminal market
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) have today signed a partnership agreement.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has officially launched the Joint Action on Market Surveillance of Medical Devices.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is running a social media campaign between 7-11 November to promote reporting of suspected side effects, as part of an EU-wide awareness week.
People with diabetes are being reminded to seek medical advice before changing their insulin therapy devices.
New recommendations set out how patients could get quicker access to innovative new diagnostic tools, treatments, and medical technologies.
Parents of infants and young children should not use unlicensed homeopathic teething tablets or gels which are available to buy online due to the risk of side effects.
As part of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) conference in Switzerland, NIBSC and NIFDS have signed a memorandum of understanding.
People and organisations should check if they have the defibrillator models, LIFEPAK CR Plus and LIFEPAK EXPRESS Automatic External Defibrillators (AED), because an electrical fault with some of them may not deliver an elect…
As part of the 11th Summit of the Heads of Medicines Regulatory Agencies in Interlaken, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Swiss counterpart, Swissmedic.
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