The government is to set out plans to speed up approval of drugs used in the National Health Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) can take up to two years to make a decision but ministers want this cut to six months. Patients...

The Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) has set out its vision of how increased cooperation between the US and European Union can improve the pharmaceutical regulatory process. Guidelines for collaboration between the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ), the European Commission and the European...

Angela: I came across this potentially controversial article on NaturalNews.com and found it interesting and alarming! What do you think - scaremongering or is there truth in the author's claims? Post a comment at the bottom of the article. The discovery that drug companies have been ghostwriting...

Over the past few months we have seen a significant increase in the number of enquiries coming from NHS Pharmacy Departments, in particular Pharmacies that adhere to GMP and are regulated by MHRA. The driver behind this rise in interest seems to be as a result of a Note of Guidance on Pharmaceutical...

Following on from my community blog post , tell us what impact the ICH Topic Q10 guidance has had on the way you manage Quality. Or, if you have recently been audited by the MHRA and you've noticed a shift in focus, say from document control to Corrective and Prevent Action management, we would value...

The head of Britain's drug regulatory body appealed to pharmaceutical companies yesterday to recognise they have an ethical duty to alert consumers to the dangers of their products. Speaking in the wake of a failed attempt to prosecute the UK's biggest drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, for allegedly...