MHRA Chairman Lightfoot Ready To Lead Post-EU Agenda For UK Devices

Root and branch review of the agency and funding changes mooted

The UK devices regulator will prioritize innovation, global best practice and enhanced patient safety and the patient voice, MHRA board chairman Stephen Lightfoot said during the ABHI’s spring regulatory conference. New fees for industry are also on the cards.

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The UK devices sector is on a pathway to post-Brexit change, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is charting and steering the new course. It is a time of great ambition for the UK medtech sector, but is not without a certain concern on the part of industry about how the future will shape up, now the UK is no longer part of the EU.

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