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Government ‘confident’ people will get ‘bivalent’ jab in booster programme

The Government has said that it is “confident” that people will be able to get a new bivalent Covid-19 jab as part of the autumn booster programme. The UK became the first country in the world to approve Moderna’s bivalent vaccine, which targets ...

16 Aug 2022 at 11:49

Doctors urged to look out for weight loss jab ‘misuse’

The UK medicines regulator has asked doctors to look out for “signs of misuse” of weight loss drugs among their patients. It comes amid reports that people are taking the drugs for “aesthetic” weight loss and are taking medicines even though ...

24 Oct 2024 at 14:17

Illegal medicines worth more than £30m seized in 2023, says MHRA

More than £30 million worth of illegal medicines were seized in the UK in 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said. The regulator worked with law enforcement agencies to confiscate more than 15.5 million ...

30 Jan 2024 at 14:40

Alzheimer’s drug rejected for widespread use by NHS spending watchdog

A new Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the health service in England after the health spending watchdog said it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”. The news comes as the UK’s medicines regulator said ...

23 Oct 2024 at 10:48

Nearly one in four Brits would take weight-loss jabs for free on NHS, poll finds

Almost a quarter of Britons would take anti-obesity drugs if they were given to them for free on the NHS, a survey has found. But while weight loss jabs are set to “play an important role” in tackling obesity, they are not “the holy ...

19 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Decision expected on new Alzheimer’s treatment

Alzheimer’s patients are set to find out whether a new drug could become available in the UK as health regulators are poised to announce their decision on donanemab. The treatment – one of two new drugs to target a cause of the ...

22 Oct 2024 at 22:25

‘Near-automatic sign off’ – Hunt pledges £10m to speed up access to new drugs

New drugs could get “near automatic” sign off for use in the UK under plans to enter new partnerships with other international drugs regulators. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that £10 million is to be given to the UK ...

15 Mar 2023 at 18:46

Almost six million UK children aged five to 11 to be offered Covid vaccine

Almost six million children in the UK aged five to 11 are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccination after officials said the jabs could protect them against future waves of the virus. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and ...

16 Feb 2022 at 18:26

Diabetes drug authorised for weight management and loss – MHRA

A diabetes drug has been authorised to help obese and overweight adults with weight management and loss, according to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Such patients with weight-related ...

08 Nov 2023 at 21:42

Trainee solicitor died from ‘rare complication’ of AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab

A trainee solicitor died as a result of a “very rare complication” caused by an AstraZeneca vaccine about a month after getting the Covid-19 jab, a coroner has concluded. Oli Hoque, 26, from Ilford, east London, ...

07 Oct 2022 at 18:51

Weight loss drug could be supplied to UK ‘in weeks’ after new format approval

Weight loss drug approved in four-dose injection pen format by MHRA

A weight loss drug newly approved in a four-dose injection pen format by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) could be supplied to the UK “within weeks”. Mounjaro, also known as ...

25 Jan 2024 at 22:37

Charity urges Streeting to ‘act’ in wake of Alzheimer’s drug announcements

A charity has written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, urging him to step in after it was announced that a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease may not be rolled out on the NHS in ...

22 Aug 2024 at 10:13

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