HRA Pharma And Maxwellia To Launch The UK’s First OTC Daily Contraceptives

Reacting to chancellor Rachel Reeves' 2025 public spending review, PAGB welcomed increased funding for healthcare and life sciences while stressing the need to promote self-care practices.

Ahead of a soon to be released 10-Year Health Plan for the English NHS, an alliance including PAGB calls for self-care to be “clearly recognised and supported through concrete policies that reflect its vital role in achieving the plan’s goals.”

“It’s quite likely [consumer wearable manufacturers] are changing the sensitivity and specificity based on consumer feedback, but not for medical reasons,” said Dipak Kotecha, a University of Birmingham professor of cardiology. Often, self-reported performance evidence from manufacturers is “low quality and biased.”

HBW Insight catches up with UK OTC industry association CEO Michelle Riddalls to talk about digital self-care and the unrealized promise of Brexit - part 2.