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  1. Regulation & Policy · 16 Oct

    Register medical devices to place on the market

    How to register your medical devices with the MHRA for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  2. Regulation & Policy · 16 Oct

    Fit-for-Purpose Rare Disease Framework Initiative; Public Meeting; Request for Information and Comments

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing a public meeting entitled "Fit-for-Purpose Rare Disease Framework Initiative". Convened by the Reagan-Udall …

  3. Regulation & Policy · 15 Oct

    Counterfeit weight loss pens worth £2 million seized by MHRA and West Midlands Police

    Fake weight loss medicines worth approximately £2 million were seized last night in a raid executed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and West Midla…

  4. Retail & Distribution · 15 Oct

    Decision: Suspended and revoked licences and registrations for manufacturers and wholesalers of medicines and ingredients

    Public list of companies in the UK who have had their licence/registration to manufacture or wholesale medicines/ingredients revoked or suspended.

  5. Retail & Distribution · 15 Oct

    Telegraph is latest publisher to drop InPost for GB-wide supply via Smiths News

    From October 2027 Smiths News will supply The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph to all stores in Britain

  6. Regulation & Policy · 15 Oct

    MHRA introduces new safeguards to strengthen antidepressant safety information following major review

    New and updated patient information for antidepressant medicines to be introduced following an extensive review involving patients, families and independent experts.

  7. Regulation & Policy · 15 Oct

    Antidepressants: new safety measures for all patients to improve communication of the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and persistent sexual dysfunction

    New safety measures are now being implemented to improve how the risks of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and persistent sexual dysfunction are communicated to patients taking ant…

  8. Regulation & Policy · 15 Oct

    Safety Public Assessment Reports

    These reports explain our assessment of the scientific evidence used to lead to regulatory decisions on the safety of medicines or medicines classes.

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Science & health

Heat

  1. 1STAT+: Trump administration delays new rule that could restrict imported medicines from Canada and overseas
  2. 2STAT+: Sanofi avoids fine as EU accepts offer to end antitrust probe over disparaging rival vaccine
  3. 3New study examines GLP-1 impact on interactions with criminal justice system, employment, housing stability
  4. 4STAT+: Concerns grow on safety issues tied to Neurocrine Biosciences rare disease drug
  5. 5STAT+: Lobbyists and trade groups fight to shape how states regulate medical AI

Nicotine pouches & alt

Heat

  1. 1As White House shifts focus toward AI and tech, U.S. science leaders defend role of the American university
  2. 2STAT+: Trump administration delays new rule that could restrict imported medicines from Canada and overseas
  3. 3C-Stores Adapt to Growing Demand for Nicotine Pouches
  4. 4How consumer tech company Whoop is building for Medicare patients
  5. 5STAT+: Sanofi avoids fine as EU accepts offer to end antitrust probe over disparaging rival vaccine

US FDA & federal

Heat

  1. 1We are witnessing an industrial-scale assault by hostile actors like Russia on the information environment in the UK: UK Statement at the UN First Committee
  2. 2Compass Pathways CEO: Psychedelics company will ‘go slow before we go fast’
  3. 3Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes in plain packaging featuring Australian health warnings
  4. 4Former FDA officials blast DOGE as ‘one of the biggest disasters in American history’
  5. 5FDA Seeks Two New Voting Members for Tobacco Advisory Committee

UK TPD & TRPR

Heat

  1. 1We are witnessing an industrial-scale assault by hostile actors like Russia on the information environment in the UK: UK Statement at the UN First Committee
  2. 2Compass Pathways CEO: Psychedelics company will ‘go slow before we go fast’
  3. 3Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes in plain packaging featuring Australian health warnings
  4. 4Former FDA officials blast DOGE as ‘one of the biggest disasters in American history’
  5. 5FDA Seeks Two New Voting Members for Tobacco Advisory Committee

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