The AI Airlock is a pilot programme designed to help test and improve the rules for AI-powered medical devices to ensure they reach patients quickly, safely and effectively. Since we announced the pilot cohort in early December, the AI Airlock …
Welcome to the March issue of the Med Tech Regulatory Reform blog series. As the leader of a team which includes many talented female scientists, I am particularly delighted to be publishing this at the start of British Science …
International Women’s Day: Inspire Inclusion It’s International Women’s Day and Mandy Budwal-Jagait, Head of our Good Clinical Practice (GCP), team discusses why it’s important for us to Inspire Inclusion in the workplace. Trust, representation, opportunity, understanding, belonging. These are just …
On 9 January 2024, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published its Roadmap for the delivery of the future regulatory framework for medical devices. In the first of a new blog series, Laura Squire, Med Tech Regulatory Reform …
World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is an annual global campaign from 18-24 November that raises awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a global health issue worsened by the misuse of antimicrobial agents such as antibiotics. AMR can lead to …
Dr Alison Cave, Chief Safety Officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) highlights how genetics could play an important role in minimising the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), and how the MHRA are working with partners …
On World Patient Safety Day, Holly Coole, registered mental health nurse and senior manager for digital mental health at the MHRA, discusses how the safety of medical products is monitored and how all nurses can help ensure potential issues are …
Shiva Ramroop, Medical Assessor at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and paediatric specialist, discusses how we ensure the safety of vaccines for children in the UK as new survey data reported by Meningitis Now shows the majority …
On this day in 1948, the United Nations (UN) came together to establish a global organisation that promotes health, keeps the world safe, and serves the vulnerable. Seven decades later, the World Health Organization (WHO) is celebrating its 75th …
I remember first hearing about the shared commitment to public involvement when it was announced. I was working in a research department of a hospital, experiencing first-hand how people’s lived experience could drive more inclusive and meaningful health and social …
Large Language Models (LLMs), including ChatGPT and Bard, offer great potential to mimic human conversation. LLMs only directed toward general purposes and whose developers make no claim that the software can be used for a medical purpose are unlikely to …