tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2026-04-02T17:08:00+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/nhs-patients-and-british-businesses-to-benefit-from-historic-changes-to-medicines-access-following-pharmaceutical-partnership-with-usa 2026-04-02T17:08:00+01:00

New partnership accelerates NHS patients' access to new medicines and will see UK benefit from greater life sciences industry investment.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/innovative-medicines-supported-as-rebate-rate-falls-by-a-third 2025-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Further support provided for innovative medicines as the rebate rate falls by more than third for 2026.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/landmark-uk-us-pharmaceuticals-deal-to-safeguard-medicines-access-and-drive-vital-investmentfor-uk-patients-and-businesses 2025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Milestone deal secures UK’s medicines access for patients, with a wide range of groundbreaking new treatments to reach NHS front-line quicker.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/cutting-edge-personalised-treatments-made-while-you-wait-will-deliver-specialised-care-to-patients-more-quickly 2025-07-23T00:01:02+01:00

New regulations effective today will make it faster and easier for cutting-edge cancer treatments and personalised gene therapies to be made right where patients are treated.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/mhra-publishes-final-business-plan-for-2023-2026-corporate-plan 2025-06-25T11:10:09+01:00

The new Business Plan sets out priorities for 2025–26: Protecting public safety and maintaining public trust; delivering efficient, predictable services through regulatory excellence; being an agile organisation that drives …

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/statutory-instrument-laid-in-parliament-provides-first-regulatory-framework-of-its-kind-that-will-transform-the-manufacture-of-innovative-medicines-at 2024-10-21T00:00:00+01:00

The UK will be the first country to introduce a tailored framework for the regulation of innovative products manufactured where a patient receives care.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/life-sciences-companies-supercharged-with-277-million-in-government-and-private-investment 2023-03-28T00:15:02+01:00

Four life sciences companies from across the UK will benefit from the first tranche of Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) grants.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/update-on-alternative-penicillin-protocols-for-pharmacists 2022-12-17T11:43:00+00:00

Five new serious shortage protocols have been issued for penicillin.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/pharmacists-able-to-supply-alternative-penicillin-to-treat-strep-a 2022-12-15T16:22:00+00:00

Serious shortage protocols (SSPs) issued for 3 penicillin medicines.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/vaccine-taskforce-to-merge-with-uk-health-security-agency-and-ols 2022-06-15T14:30:00+01:00

Following its success during the COVID-19 pandemic, the functions of the Vaccine Taskforce will be embedded as a permanent part of government structures.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/health-secretary-meets-with-hrt-suppliers-to-resolve-supply-issues 2022-05-05T18:40:00+01:00

Urgent action continues to be taken to ensure women across the UK will be able to more reliably access HRT products.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-aims-to-eradicate-modern-slavery-from-nhs-supply-chains 2022-04-22T15:09:00+01:00

The government has tabled a landmark amendment to the Health and Care Bill aiming to eradicate the use of goods and services in the NHS that are tainted by slavery and human trafficking.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/letter-to-medicines-and-medical-products-suppliers-30-march-2021 2021-03-30T16:17:41+01:00

DHSC's Chief Commercial Officer wrote to medicines and medical product suppliers, supply chain and businesses.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-to-receive-nearly-3-million-packets-of-paracetamol 2020-04-14T15:03:09+01:00

2,800,000 packets of paracetamol will be distributed to leading UK supermarkets and retailers. 

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/patients-informed-to-exchange-emerade-300-micrograms-adrenaline-pens-for-replacement-pens-of-a-different-brand 2020-04-07T16:37:32+01:00

Allergy patients who carry Emerade 300 microgram adrenaline auto-injector pens should contact their prescriber and seek replacement pens of a different brand. This applies to Emerade 300 microgram pens that are still in-date…

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/crucial-medicines-protected-for-coronavirus-covid-19-patients 2020-03-20T13:01:42+00:00

More than 80 medicines used to treat patients in intensive care units have been banned from parallel export from the UK.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/faster-access-to-cannabis-based-medicines-as-import-restrictions-are-changed 2020-03-02T14:05:00+00:00

Patients prescribed cannabis-based medicines will be able to get their treatment in days rather than months.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-measures-to-secure-mmr-vaccine-for-private-patients 2019-11-05T11:55:24+00:00

New restrictions mean the MMR vaccine cannot be parallel exported from the UK, to protect stock for private patients and those not eligible for routine NHS jabs.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-restrictions-on-parallel-exports-to-tackle-hrt-shortages 2019-10-03T09:54:13+01:00

There will be new restrictions on exporting hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, which currently face supply shortages due to manufacturing issues.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/development-of-new-antibiotics-encouraged-with-new-pharmaceutical-payment-system 2019-07-09T11:30:00+01:00

The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’ style payment model to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for resistant infections.