UK Health Group Warns Over Fast Track Drug Approval Plans

UK Health Group Warns Over Fast Track Drug Approval Plans
A nurse uses a wireless electronic tablet to order medicines from the pharmacy at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Owen Evans
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A new government partnership plan to fast-track new medical products by piggybacking on international drug regulators risks turning the UK watchdog into a pharmaceutical industry “enabler,” a health pressure group is warning.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced on Wednesday that £10 million will be given to the UK regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), to help streamline approvals for new medical products.

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