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These are the International Medical Device Regulatory Forum, the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use and the Medical Devices Innovation Consortium.
Following its success during the COVID-19 pandemic, the functions of the Vaccine Taskforce will be embedded as a permanent part of government structures.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The most promising medicines will be fast-tracked to NHS patients through the Innovative Medicines Fund.
The UK regulator has taken safety action to reduce risks associated with Roche Accu-Chek Insight Insulin Pumps by issuing a national safety alert and outlining recommendations for patients.
Action taken as suppliers increase stocks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products.
It is the first treatment approved by the UK regulator that has been made possible through the Access Consortium ‘New Active Substance Work Sharing Initiative’.
Cost of NHS prescriptions will be frozen for the first time in over a decade.
Urgent action continues to be taken to ensure women across the UK will be able to more reliably access HRT products.
The government has issued serious shortage protocols (SSPs) to limit dispensing to 3 months’ supply for 3 HRT products to ensure continued access.
The government has announced that Madelaine McTernan CB has been appointed as head of the newly formed HRT taskforce to address issues in the supply chain.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is calling for women who experience symptoms associated with overactive bladder such as the urgent need to urinate to make their views heard as part of a consultation l…
The government has tabled a landmark amendment to the Health and Care Bill aiming to eradicate the use of goods and services in the NHS that are tainted by slavery and human trafficking.
Use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine or ‘Spikevax’ has been approved for 6 to 11s after meeting the required safety, quality and effectiveness standards
An approval has been granted after the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine was found to meet the required safety, quality and effectiveness standards.
Thousands more vulnerable people are eligible to receive the UK’s second antiviral Paxlovid, which has been added to the PANORAMIC national study.
Prescription charge waiver for COVID-19 antivirals and therapeutic clinical trials to be extended to 31 March 2023.
Over 5 million medical items now donated to Ukraine including lifesaving medicines, wound packs and intensive care equipment, as UK leads humanitarian response.
More than 3.7 million items of medical supplies have been given to Ukraine by the UK to help with the response to the Russian invasion.
UK leading the humanitarian response by donating over 2 million medical items to Ukraine including vital medicines, wound packs, and intensive care equipment.
The decision to grant approval for this treatment was endorsed by the government’s independent expert scientific advisory body, the Commission on Human Medicines, after carefully reviewing the evidence.
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