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The Latest Breaking News from The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Weight loss jabs’ medicine-cosmetics blurring ‘raises black market drugs risk’

Profit margins from black market sales of medicines can rival cocaine and heroin, MPs were told.

Evening Standard

Urgent recall of common blood pressure medication amid warning over ‘dizziness’

Crescent Pharma Limited is recalling one batch of Ramipril 5 mg Capsules (Batch Number GR164099) due to a potential manufacturing error. The error may have led to cartons labelled as Ramipril 5 mg Capsules incorrectly containing blister strips of Amlodipine 5 mg Tablets. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…

The Independent UK

Revealed: the crypto entrepreneur linked to illegal weight-loss drug operation

Haul of illicit products led by medicines regulator was described as world’s largest of its kind, but no arrests have yet been made

The Guardian - UK

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Crime gangs in UK making weight-loss drugs with ‘sophisticated’ fake branding

Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate product

The Guardian - UK

Experts join forces to help accelerate NHS use of artificial intelligence

The national commission will advise the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on new guidelines, expected to be published next year.

The Independent UK

Shop-bought health tests not always fit for purpose, researchers warn

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said it would look at the findings.

The Independent UK

Patients on common blood pressure drug urged to check pack amid labelling error

More than 7,700 packs are affected by the recall, according to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

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Advertising regulator launches nine investigations into weight loss jab ads

Exclusive: ASA calls number of parallel probes ‘significant’ and describes tackling issue as ‘priority’ after it issued warning to advertisers for drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy

The Independent UK

What you need to know about lecanemab – the Alzheimer’s drug rejected for NHS use

The drug has been developed by Eisai, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, and is sold under the brand name Leqembi

The Independent UK

First drug to slow Alzheimer’s progression will not be made available on the NHS

The spending watchdog has recommended that a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease should not be rolled out on the NHS.

The Independent UK

New MedTech Funding To Predict Diseases And Make Treatments Available To UK Patients

The UK government has awarded medtech funding to eight UK medtech companies which are developing pathbreaking tests and AI detection tools for faster treatment of life-threatening diseases, reducing the burden of NHS.

International Business Times UK

‘Life-changing’ cystic fibrosis drugs approved for use in younger children

Campaigners welcomed the announcement by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

The Independent UK

More babies will need hospital treatment over RSV vaccine delay, says top doctor

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved GSK’s jab, known as Arexvy, for use among older adults in July.

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