The US Food and Drug Administration has announced a review of all its existing drug, medical device, food and tobacco regulations to determine whether they can be made more effective in light of current public health needs and to support advances in ...
Belén Crespo Sánchez-Eznarriaga has been appointed director of the Spanish healthcare products regulatory agency, the AEMPS (Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios) 1 . Ms Crespo replaces Cristina Avendaño, who had held the post ...
The US Food and Drug Administration's principal deputy commissioner, Joshua Sharfstein , is leaving the agency to take the reins of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the state's governor has revealed 1 . Dr Sharfstein’s first day ...
The New Zealand medtech industry association, the MTANZ , has called for the introduction of a regulatory system that would involve the unilateral recognition of medical devices that have been approved for marketing in at least one of the five ...
The UK Department of Health , after reviewing the performance of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency , has concluded that the agency needs to become more responsive to the needs of its stakeholders 1 ,2 . The review was carried ...
A UK parliamentary report has criticised the government's plan to dissolve or merge several public bodies, including many health-related bodies such as the Human Tissue Authority, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Human ...
The EU Council of Ministers has approved new legislation on cross-border healthcare and promoting co-operation on healthcare between member states. The directive 1 , which includes amendments from the European Parliament , will affect the medtech ...
The US government has issued new regulations aimed at improving the protection of the genetic information of individuals undergoing genetic testing 1 ,2 . The regulations, issued on 1 October via an interim final rule, aim to help ensure that ...
