The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7243 p463
5 April 2003

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Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (www.mhra.gov.uk)

New medicines regulatory agency

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was launched on 1 April. The agency has been formed from a merger of the Medicines Control Agency and the Medical Devices Agency.

The MHRA will be responsible for the regulation of both medicines and health care products. Its primary objective is "to protect public health by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment are safe for those who use them". The agency's first chairman is Professor Alasdair Breckenridge, outgoing chairman of the Committee on Safety of Medicines.

Further information can be found on the agency's website (www.mhra.gov.uk).