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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the UK government agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.
The agency was formed on 1 April 2003 with the merger of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) and the Medical Devices Agency (MDA). It is an Executive Agency of the Department of Health.
Roles of the MHRA
- Operate post-marketing surveillance for reporting, investigating and monitoring of adverse drug reactions to medicines and incidents with medical devices.
- Assessment and authorisation of medicinal products for sale and supply in UK.
- Oversee the Notified Bodies that ensure medical device manufacturers comply with regulatory requirements before putting devices on the market.
- Operate a quality surveillance system to sample and test medicines to address quality defects and to monitor the safety and quality of unlicensed products.
- Investigate internet sales and potential counterfeiting of medicines, and prosecute where necessary.
- Regulate clinical trials of medicines and medical devices.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with statutory obligations relating to medicines and medical devices.
- Promote safe use of medicines and devices.
- Manage the General Practice Research Database and the British Pharmacopoeia.
MHRA hosts and supports a number of expert advisory bodies, including the Commission on Human Medicine which replaced the Committee on the Safety of Medicines in 2005, and the British Pharmacopoeia Commission.
As part of the European system of approval, MHRA or other national bodies can be the rapporteur or co-rapporteur for any given pharmaceutical application, taking on the bulk of the verification work on behalf of all members, while the documents are still sent to other members as and where requested.
See also
- European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
- List of pharmacy organizations in the United Kingdom
- NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service
- Regulation of therapeutic goods
- Black triangle scheme
- Yellow Card Scheme
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
External links
- MHRA homepage
- Interview with Chief Executive (Prof. Kent Woods) about MHRA (Medicine Magazine)
- UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO)
- House of Commons Health Select Committee report of 2005 - criticism of the MHRA
- Consumer's Association/Which! - criticism of the MHRA
- Ipsos MORI Research for MHRA: views of the public and healthcare professionals - factual
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