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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved the medicine flortaucipir (Tauvid), given to adults with memory problems so that doctors can perform a type of brain scan called a PET.
Anthony Harnden has been appointed the new Chair of the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the medicine sparsentan (Filspari) to treat primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved an adapted version of the Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron JN.1 COVID-19 subvariant.
Responses will help shape reforms that will boost UK patients’ access to safe and innovative medical products
There were an estimated 66,730 serious antibiotic-resistant infections in 2023.
This case study is an example of how the MHRA is benefiting from patients providing their lived experience for the pre-authorisation stage of the benefit-risk review.
The ninth annual #MedSafetyWeek takes place this week, with regulators from 94 countries and 107 organisations taking part across the globe.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 30 October, approved the medicine sugemalimab (Eqjubi) to treat adult patients with a type of lung cancer called ‘non-small cell lung cancer’. …
Letter from Health Minister Andrew Gwynne MP confirming the UK Health Security Agency’s role and priorities for the financial year 2024 to 2025.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is reminding healthcare professionals to ensure patients are aware of the known side effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is highlighting our work training multiple World Health Organisation (WHO) polio laboratories around the world.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 23 October 2024, approved a licence for the medicine donanemab (Kisunla) for use in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, following a thorough review of the benefits and risks.
The new legislation will introduce clearer and risk-proportionate requirements that improve the safety of medical devices across Great Britain and provide certainty for manufacturers ahead of introducing the wider future reg…
The UK will be the first country in the world to introduce a tailored framework for the regulation of innovative products manufactured at or close to the location where a patient receives care.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved elafibranor (Iqirvo) to treat adult patients with a rare type of liver disease known as primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).
…The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 10 October, approved an adapted Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) that targets the KP.2 COVID-19 subvariant for adults.…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is asking patients who use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) or insulin pump to report any safety problem with their device through the MHRA Yellow Card scheme without delay.
…The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today launched its ambitious new business plan for 2024/25, setting out the agency’s core focus of enabling access to innovative healthcare products while ensuring delivery for all who need its services – patients and the…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has on 25 September approved leniolisib phosphate (Joenja) to treat a rare immune disease known as activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome or APDS in adults and adolescents aged 12-years-old and older who weigh…
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