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UK Vaunts 'New Era' In Drug Approvals

Several New Routes To Market Are Now Available To Applicants

 
• By Ian Schofield

The UK regulator, the MHRA, has published guidance on its new integrated pathway for innovative drug approvals, which it says is intended to bring together partners including health technology assessment agencies, health care bodies and patient organizations to offer “sustained collaboration” with drug developers.

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The UK has launched its new innovative medicines pathway • Source: Shutterstock

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched its new licensing and access pathway for innovative medicines that the agency says will prepare it for “a new era in medicines approvals in the UK.”

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