The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were officially signed into law on 10 April 2025, marking a significant development in the UK clinical trials framework (the Medicines for Human Use...more
As Medicare physician reimbursement continues in 2025 to suffer from damaging shortfalls due to budget neutrality and lack of an inflation adjuster, steps are being taken in Congress to address the issue. On January 31, the...more
On February 5, 2025 Valneva SE (“Valneva”) announced that the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted marketing authorization for Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ. ...more
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a suite of guidance specifically designed to help medical device manufacturers understand and prepare for the new post-market surveillance (“PMS”)...more
On 11 December 2024, the MHRA published a revised roadmap for the long-awaited reforms to the UK Medical Device Regulations 2002 (MDR Roadmap). The updated MDR Roadmap provides additional clarity for industry on the intended...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the five technologies selected to participate in the ‘AI Airlock Pilot’ for AI-powered medical devices. The pilot is a regulatory “sandbox” for...more
On 12 December 2024 the statutory instrument to amend the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (UK CTR) was laid before Parliament. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA),...more
Access to first-in-class medicinal products that can save and transform lives is crucial for patients in the UK – and the earlier the access, the more significant the impact. Equally vital, however, is that such products are...more
The MHRA has opened a consultation on proposed future pre-market requirements for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs) in Great Britain. The consultation expands on proposals considered in the MHRA’s 2021...more
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ("MHRA") has announced first-of-its-kind legislation to better facilitate the manufacture and delivery to patients of medicines that are manufactured at or near the...more
The MHRA recently published an update on its plans for MedTech regulatory change. The update confirmed that the new framework will be introduced through four statutory instruments to update and replace the UK Medical Devices...more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape....more
On July 08, 2024, Outlook Therapeutics announced it received marketing authorization from UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the treatment of wet AMD in the UK....more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. ...more
Device manufacturers may soon have access to a new framework for marketing and selling medical devices in the United Kingdom. On May 21, 2024, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA's) has published a Statement of policy intent: international recognition of medical devices outlining its proposal for the International Recognition Procedure...more
On 30 April 2024, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published its strategic approach to AI and the steps it is taking to implement the UK Government's AI White Paper, published in August 2023....more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
Medical Devices Directorate Performance Annual Report - In September 2023, Health Canada published the Medical Devices Directorate Performance Annual Report for April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. The report provides...more
Earlier today, UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted conditional marketing authorization to Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics for their CRISPR/Cas9 gene therapy, CASGEVY...more
On 12 October 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (the MHRA) announced that the healthcare and life sciences sector will benefit from a new streamlined notification scheme for lowest-risk clinical...more
Earlier this year, the UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), announced that a new International Recognition Procedure (IRP) will be put in place for the approval of new...more