UK Consultation: Device Regulator Seeks To Balance Innovation And Patient Safety

Innovative device access pathways are on the agenda of both NICE and the MHRA, but the UK regulator’s new chief safety officer stresses that patient safety first and foremost will shape its work programs in the post-EU era.

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) consultation on the future role and remit of the agency, as the UK moves out of the standstill period and into mandatory UKCA marking for medtech and health products, goes beyond regulatory processes alone by also canvassing views on preferred new mechanisms for championing innovation.

The agency is keen to set up systems to ensure that targeted innovation rapidly enters into circulation in the UK....

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