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Thursday, 10 November 2022
Patients, carers and healthcare professionals with kits of the opioid overdose medicine Prenoxad Injection must visually check for the presence of two...
Wednesday, 09 November 2022
This adapted COVID-19 vaccine targets both the original virus and the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants....
Monday, 07 November 2022
To improve medical product safety for all, report suspected side effects and adverse incidents as part of the #MedSafetyWeek global campaign...
Friday, 21 October 2022
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 th...
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
The owner of a medicines wholesale business was sentenced yesterday at Southwark Crown Court to 20 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and com...
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Healthcare professionals asked to share their views on how they want to receive safety information from the UK medicines and medical devices regulator...
Monday, 10 October 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have been awarded £1.8...
Friday, 07 October 2022
The safety of the medicines you and your children take is our highest priority ...
Friday, 30 September 2022
European Commission Decision Reliance Procedure (ECDRP) now continues to be available until 31 December 2023....
Thursday, 29 September 2022
DEKRA Certification UK Ltd has now joined the three current UK Approved Bodies...
Thursday, 08 September 2022
The MHRA is introducing a new, single code of practice for all its scientific advisory committees....
Monday, 05 September 2022
Our advice remains that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective during pregnancy and breastfeeding ...
Saturday, 03 September 2022
The adapted COVID-19 vaccine targets both the original virus and the Omicron variant...
Friday, 26 August 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has concluded that Nuvaxovid is safe and effective in this age group...
Monday, 15 August 2022
The adapted COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna targets two different coronavirus variants: the original virus from 2020 and the Omicron variant ...
Thursday, 04 August 2022
A joint enforcement notice warns all organisations offering Kenalog as a hayfever treatment to stop advertising it on social media or website advertis...
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Information about a review into the safety of topiramate, which will look at possible harms in the learning and development of children whose mothers ...
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Officers from the MHRA have seized large quantities of illegally traded medicines and medical devices in an Interpol week of action known as "Operatio...
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
From September, women in the UK will be able to buy Gina 10 microgram vaginal tablets without a prescription...
Saturday, 25 June 2022
New plans to strengthen the regulation of medical devices to improve patient safety and encourage innovation have been published....
Thursday, 16 June 2022
These are the International Medical Device Regulatory Forum, the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals...
Thursday, 26 May 2022
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 ...
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
It is the first treatment approved by the UK regulator that has been made possible through the Access Consortium ‘New Active Substance Work Sharing In...
Friday, 22 April 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is calling for women who experience symptoms associated with overactive bladder such as the ur...
Thursday, 14 April 2022
Use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine or ‘Spikevax’ has been approved for 6 to 11s after meeting the required safety, quality and effectiveness standard...
Thursday, 14 April 2022
An approval has been granted after the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine was found to meet the required safety, quality and effectiveness standards....
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Stakeholders and the UK public are invited to have their say on how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) manages the conflic...
Thursday, 17 March 2022
The decision to grant approval for this treatment was endorsed by the government’s independent expert scientific advisory body, the Commission on Huma...
Friday, 11 March 2022
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 soci...
Wednesday, 02 March 2022
Syri Ltd has been fined £51,000 and ordered to pay costs of £104,898 by Aylesbury Crown Court. ...
Home Office Immigration Enforcement raids at the highest level in UK history
Environment Agency New plans for Guildford flood defence scheme to go on show
Department of Health and Social Care Healthcare innovator appointed to Health Data Research Service
HM Treasury Chancellor appoints Business Adviser
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain Pushed past the limits
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office WTO General Council December 2025: UK Statement
Department for Transport New chairs of Network Rail and DFTO named
Home Office New rules on police requesting counselling notes come into force