New regulatory recognition routes for medicines will be established using approvals from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore and the United States, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has announced today. This means that patients will have access to safe and effective medicines that have been approved by trusted regulatory partners in

Wholesalers must ensure that their suppliers are permitted to supply pharmaceuticals. Legal History The following is applicable in accordance with chapter 5.2 of the EU GDP Guidelines (Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use, 5 November 2013 - 2013/C 343/01): Only individuals who themselves have a wholesale distribution authorization or who

The EU Commission has published a document on a "Structured Dialogue on the security of medicines supply". The document is based on a mandate for a dialogue of different actors in the value chain of medicines from manufacturing, authorities, non-governmental organisations as well as from research. The aim was to gain a better understanding of

The European Commission (EC), the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have published the 2022-2026 workplan of the initiative Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU (ACT EU). ACT EU, launched in January 2022, seeks to transform how clinical trials are initiated, designed and run. The aim is to further develop the EU as a focal

The COVID19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to healthcare, the pharmaceutical industry’s supply chain and personnel movement. MHRA understands the impact of its work on industry, NHS and patients. This is not just in terms of our regulatory support to bring new technologies and products quickly and safely to market, but also the personnel and