£10m Cash Boost For UK Regulator To Speed Up New Drug Approvals

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The UK has allotted new funding to boost innovation • Source: Shutterstock

New funding announced yesterday for the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will be used to develop a “thorough but shortened process” to speed up the approval of innovative UK-developed products such as cancer vaccines and AI-based therapeutics for mental health conditions.

Some of the £10m ($12m) allotted to the MHRA in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget yesterday will also be used...

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