After a brief news lull around medtech regulatory system changes for the UK, the government and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued several updates on new structures and access to medtech and healthtech in late May.
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Report to government underlines need for faster, parallel evaluation of medtech and healthtech innovation and recommends bigger role for MHRA alongside work done by approved bodies on UKCA file processing.

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