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Nearly 20 million doses of potentially dangerous medicines prevented from reaching the public
Operation Lamborghini disrupts multimillion-pound criminal network supplying controlled drugs and unauthorised medicines online
MHRA strikes massive blow to organised criminal gang in world’s biggest illegal weight loss jabs raid.
WHO recognition affirms MHRA’s commitment to regulatory excellence, innovation and global collaboration
Operation Pangea brings together health regulators, customs authorities, law enforcement agencies, and private sector partners to tackle the threat posed by global criminal networks
The new Business Plan sets out priorities for 2025–26: Protecting public safety and maintaining public trust; delivering efficient, predictable services through regulatory excellence; being an agile organisation that drives …
Dawn raids in four counties across the West Midlands and the Northwest of England this morning (29 April) dismantle major criminal network trafficking unlicensed medicines.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) last year stopped criminals making more than £7.5 million linked to the illegal trade in medicines.
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 en…
Two pharmacists who sold ‘industrial’ quantities of Class C controlled drugs were yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment each, suspended for 24 months, at Southwark Crown Court following an investigation by the Crimi…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), working with law enforcement partners, seized more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines with a street value of more than £30 million during 202…
Three men have been sentenced to a total of three years at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to the illegal sale and supply online of prescription-only medicines and controlled Class B and Class C drugs with a str…
Fake, potentially harmful Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been found in the UK: you should only access these medicines via a medical prescription.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
People and businesses are invited to share their views on how to make non-surgical cosmetic procedures safer as thousands complain of ‘botched’ procedures.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) seized a quantity of suspected unlicensed medical products following coordinated raids at three residential and six business pr…
Kieron Banks (34) was sentenced today at the Nightingale Court in Wolverhampton for the illegal possession and intent to supply prescription-only medication valued at over £2m following investigations by the Medicines and He…
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
A joint enforcement notice warns all organisations offering Kenalog as a hayfever treatment to stop advertising it on social media or website advertising
Officers from the MHRA have seized large quantities of illegally traded medicines and medical devices in an Interpol week of action known as "Operation Pangea"
The MHRA, NIHR, HRA and other organisations across the UK are working together to bring about changes which will drive up standards in health and social care research.
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