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  • Professor Sir Michael Rawlins appointed Chair of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

    Professor Sir Michael will take over from Sir Gordon Duff from December 2014.

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  • Medicines watchdog makes record seizure of experimental smart drugs

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced the UK’s biggest seizure of smart drugs, also known as cognitive enhancers or nootropics.

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  • First UK 'Promising Innovative Medicine' designation awarded

    An innovative cell therapy for cancer has become the first designated ‘promising’ as part of a scheme to get medicines to patients quicker.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Less bureaucracy for pharmaceutical firms

    Regulators for the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector have pledged to reduce bureaucratic burdens on firms.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cutting-edge drugs to be fast-tracked to patients

    State-of-the-art medicines will be fast-tracked to patients thanks to the Early Access to Medicines Scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Non-Executive Directors to join the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency board

    The Department of Health has today announced that three new Non-Executive Directors will join the board of the MHRA.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Renewing the fight against whooping cough

    Professor David Salisbury calls for health professionals to stay focused on promoting whooping cough vaccine to pregnant women.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dr Ian Hudson appointed as the MHRA’s new Chief Executive

    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).…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Recent non-executive appointments to Department of Health public bodies and committees

    Some recent appointments and re-appointments have been made to the Department’s public bodies and committees.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New members for Public Health Advisory Board

    Four new non-executive members will join Public Health England’s (PHE) Advisory Board Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fallon: New approach to regulation will support growth

    Businesses invited to help shape ‘growth duty’ and Regulators’ Code

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra approves two GM vaccine trials

    Defra has approved trials of GM vaccines against prostate cancer and HIV.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Department seeks members of the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products

    *4 February 2013 update: the closing date for applications has been extended to 19 Febuary 2013. The position

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Department seeks members of the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee

    4 February 2013 update: the closing date for applications has been extended to 19 Febuary 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Better guidance and support for NHS surgeons on vaginal tape and mesh implants

    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…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Appointment of new chair of COM

    Dr David Lovell has been appointed as the new chair of the COM.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Babies to be protected against common diarrhoea bug

    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.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £3.8million of illegal medicines seized in Border Force crackdown

    Border Force plays key role in intercepting approximately £3.8 million of fake and unlicensed medicines in the UK during global crackdown.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Newborns to be protected against whooping cough

    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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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pregnant women to be offered whooping cough vaccination

    Following a rise in the number of cases of whooping cough in young babies, the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, has announced that pregnant women will be offered vaccinations to protect their newborn babie…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government