The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ("MHRA") has published a raft of guidance on how various aspects of the UK regulatory regime for medicines will operate in England, Wales and Scotland (together Great...more
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ("NICE") has published a revised timetable for reviewing its methods and processes for health technology assessments ("Methods Review"). ...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ("MHRA") has published new guidance (the "Guidance") on how medical devices will be regulated in Great Britain ("GB") (England, Wales and Scotland) and in Northern...more
9/25/2020
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UK Brexit
As of 23 June, the UK government can scrutinize certain foreign takeovers and other acquisitions to ensure that they do not jeopardize the UK's capability to combat, and mitigate the effects of, a public health emergency...more
6/25/2020
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At the end of last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) upgraded the global risk assessment of the novel coronavirus to "very high." This comes shortly after the United Kingdom saw its first fatality as a result of...more
3/3/2020
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