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The establishment of a regulatory framework for POC manufacturing would bring a range of benefits to patients, healthcare professionals and innovators.
The ECDRP has been extended to 31 December 2023. From 1 January 2024, a new international recognition framework will be in place.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed that UL International UK Ltd is now designated to assess most in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices, increasing the UK’s capacity to process conformity…
Horizon Scanning in the MHRA Innovation Accelerator includes a focus on the identification of Actionable Horizon Scanning Signals, but what are these, and how and why do we identify them?
Professor Tom Clutton-Brock MBE has been appointed as Chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Interim Devices Working Group
Statement from Dr June Raine, MHRA Chief Executive, on Professor Sir Michael Rawlins
This new vaccine, VidPrevtyn Beta, has been authorised after meeting the MHRA’s required safety, quality and effectiveness standards.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has received a total of £970,688 from BEIS’ Regulators’ Pioneer Fund for three projects that aim to unlock cutting edge regulatory innovation, to drive real worl…
Life Sciences Council Joint Statement on a new agreement to accelerate the delivery of the future UK HealthTech regulatory system.
Horizon scanning at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and collaboration with other medical device regulators, leads to the development of guiding principles that can help inform the development …
No one should stop taking valproate without advice from their healthcare professional
The Comirnaty COVID vaccine has met the MHRA’s required safety, quality and effectiveness standards to be authorised for use in this age group
Horizon scanning at the MHRA leads to external funding being secured, helping our scientists work in a new area of standardisation that will support developers and manufacturers of AAV gene therapies
Patients, carers and healthcare professionals with kits of the opioid overdose medicine Prenoxad Injection must visually check for the presence of two needles inside their kit. Any kits that do not have two needles should be…
This adapted COVID-19 vaccine targets both the original virus and the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants.
To improve medical product safety for all, report suspected side effects and adverse incidents as part of the #MedSafetyWeek global campaign
Patients using antibiotic Targocid 200mg powder at home must check if the batch number of their medicine is 0J25D1 or 0J25D2. Anyone who has one of these two batches should stop their treatment and seek immediate medical adv…
The owner of a medicines wholesale business was sentenced yesterday at Southwark Crown Court to 20 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and community service
Healthcare professionals asked to share their views on how they want to receive safety information from the UK medicines and medical devices regulator
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have been awarded £1.8m funding by Wellcome over three years to explore and produce guidance on …
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