Getting Ready For The Windsor Framework: Ensuring Continuity Of UK Medicines Supply Beyond 1 January 2025

There are increased complexities associated with potential regulatory divergence between the UK and the EU when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency takes over responsibility for UK-wide new drug approvals from January 2025, writes the ABPI's Rick Greville.

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The Windsor Framework takes full effect next year • Source: Shutterstock

The Windsor Framework, agreed between the UK and the EU in February 2023, is expected to be fully implemented on 1 January 2025. The agreement seeks to resolve some of the issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol identified by businesses and communities, but the new framework does not entirely replace all the protocol’s provisions.

The new Labour government has continued progress towards implementation of the Windsor Framework. Just before the summer parliamentary recess, updates...

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