UK medicines regulator appoints Michael Rawlins as chairmanThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has appointed Michael Rawlins as its chairman from 1 December 2014.…
First drug for rare sun disease recommended for approval in Europe The European Medicines Agency recommends that Scenesse (afamelanotide) should be approved for the prevention of severe sunburn in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria.…
Cancer drugs approved faster in the United States than in Europe or Canada Regulatory agencies in the United States take less time to approve new cancer drugs than those in Europe or Canada, according to new research.…
Big tobacco’s nicotine inhaler approved by UK regulator A cigarette-shaped nicotine inhaler has become the first of its kind to be licensed by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.…