The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has confirmed that it will implement a new international framework in January 2024 under which it will be able to take account of decisions by other world regulators when evaluating new drugs submitted for marketing authorization.
UK Prepares For New International Regulatory Reliance Framework
From next year, more agencies will be involved in the UK’s regulatory reliance procedure for new drug approvals, which was first introduced in 2021 to allay fears of post-Brexit delays to UK applications. The pharmaceutical industry said it looked forward to working with the regulator on the new framework.

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