Tag:
MHRA
Latest Headlines
Latest Headlines
U.K. government rebukes regulators over breast implant controversy
After months of fallout from news that thousands of women across Europe and around the world had received silicone breast implants made with substandard materials, the British government has concluded that regulation couldn't have prevented everything, but tighter scrutiny would have helped.
U.K. regulators toughen focus against counterfeit devices and drugs
U.K. regulators are rolling out new policies designed to strengthen its fight against counterfeit medical devices and drugs.
MHRA urges docs to avoid some metal hips
The bad news just keeps on coming in for manufactures of metal-on-metal hips. This morning, Johnson & Johnson ( $JNJ ) and Stryker ( $SYK ) are feeling the heat from the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
U.K. drug regulator asks industry to name the rules it wants to go
One of the U.K.'s top regulators is inviting industry and the public to name the regulations they believe should be scrapped. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)...
UPDATED: Teva halts production of drug in U.K.
Right after a Teva ( $TEVA ) executive acknowledged manufacturing issues in the U.S. had whacked the legs out from under generic sales there last year, U.K. officials reported the company was having...
U.K. watchdog may turn to social media for side-effect reports
Would docs tweet more adverse-event reports? The U.K.'s medicines regulator may soon find out. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is considering opening up its side-effects
'Rogue' Seroquel found in OTC painkiller packs
We'll leave you with a mystery to mull over the weekend. British regulators sent out a safety alert that warns patients they might find an unexpected remedy in packs of the over-the-counter
Pfizer recalls impotence shot because defective needles
Pfizer has recalled about 81 lots of anti-impotence shot Caverject in eight countries because of the potential for defective needles, the Wall Street Journal reports. The recall is due to an issue
