Inside the Inspectorate
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) UK is honoured to be the host of the 2016 PIC/S Seminar. This is an annual international event attended by both member and non-member authorities of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S). …
A year ago today we launched the MHRA Inspectorate blog. Now, after 12 months of activity it’s a good time to reflect on where we are and what’s to come.
'Blogging is awful, but also amazing'. That was just one of the take home messages from The Guardian's Stuart Heritage at last week's #GovBlogCamp.
In October 2015 a number of MHRA GCP Inspectors attended the GCP Inspectors Working Group Workshop hosted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in London. This is an annual training event originally held for EU Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Inspectors that …
Late last year the GPvP inspectorate ran its own symposium and contributed heavily to the EU pharmacovigilance inspector training event. GPvP symposium The GPvP inspectorate held a sell-out symposium in London in November attended by approximately 350 delegates. GPvP inspectors highlighted requirements, …
Back in October I attended, with MHRA colleagues, the PIC/S (Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme) committee meeting and annual seminar that was this year hosted by the Indonesian National Agency for Drug and Food Control (NADFC). In the new year I'll …
The MHRA Inspectorate receives several hundred enquiries via email each year. Answering queries is one of the key ways we support industry. It provides reassurance to our stakeholders, aiding them in their decision-making processes, helping to ensure they don’t fall …
Joiners and leavers Those of you that have contacted the Defective Medicines Report Centre (DMRC) recently may have encountered some new names – I started as manager of the DMRC team in early April, joining Christine Cox and Alison Bunce. Also …
MHRA has now published 7 case studies highlighting the work of our Innovation Office and showing how we help organisations that are developing innovative medicines, medical devices or using novel manufacturing processes to effectively navigate regulatory processes, so they can progress their products …
The launch of the new integrated British Pharmacopoeia website this week presents a great opportunity to explore this other group within the Inspection, Enforcement & Standards Division of MHRA. The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) makes an important contribution to the role of MHRA …
