EU Parliament OKs Law Ending Validity Of Centralized Drug Approvals In Northern Ireland

Giving the UK regulator the power to issue UK-wide marketing authorizations for products that fall within the scope of the EU centralized procedure will reduce the regulatory burden on companies marketing medicines in Northern Ireland.

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The UK and EU have agreed on new rules for medicines in Northern Ireland • Source: Shutterstock/ruskpp

New rules under which all novel medicines could receive UK-wide approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency drew nearer today after the European Parliament endorsed a draft regulation ending the validity of EU marketing authorizations in Northern Ireland.

The regulation is one of three draft laws implementing the Windsor Framework, a deal that was agreed in February by the UK and the EU to address the political and other

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