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MHRA: New UK Point Of Care Legislation Will Remove ‘Regulatory Barriers’ To Innovation

 
• By Eliza Slawther

The UK’s “world-first” tailored regulatory framework for point of care manufacturing is set to enter into force this summer.

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has made progress in pushing forward with a regulatory framework that will enable medicines to be manufactured at the point of care (POC) or using modular manufacturing (MM) methods.

Louise Knowles, MHRA deputy director of innovation accelerator and regulatory science, provided an update on the framework during a 14 January webinar on the future of the UK’s life sciences...

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