UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

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government agency medicines regulatory authority regulatory authority

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is the United Kingdom’s national authority responsible for regulating medicines, medical devices, and healthcare products to ensure their safety, quality, and effectiveness.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency	3
MHRA	2
Commission on Human Medicines	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ medicines regulatory authority ⓘ regulatory authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ surface form: MHRA
appliesTo	Great Britain ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ
collaboratesWith	European Medicines Agency ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ other national medicines regulators ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
goal	ensure that medical devices meet applicable standards ⓘ ensure that medicines work and are acceptably safe ⓘ protect public health ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
issues	marketing authorisations for medicines ⓘ medical device safety notices ⓘ safety alerts for medicines ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	executive agency ⓘ
monitors	adverse drug reactions ⓘ medical device incidents ⓘ
oversees	Yellow Card Scheme ⓘ
parentOrganization	Department of Health and Social Care ⓘ
partOf	UK health and social care system ⓘ
performs	benefit‑risk assessment of medicines ⓘ inspection of clinical trial sites ⓘ inspection of manufacturing sites ⓘ scientific evaluation of medicines ⓘ
regulates	clinical trials of medicines ⓘ healthcare products ⓘ medical devices ⓘ medicines ⓘ pharmacovigilance activities ⓘ
responsibleFor	authorisation of medical devices ⓘ enforcement of medical devices legislation ⓘ enforcement of medicines legislation ⓘ ensuring effectiveness of medicines ⓘ ensuring quality of medicines ⓘ ensuring safety of medicines ⓘ licensing of medicines ⓘ post‑marketing surveillance of medicines ⓘ
sector	healthcare regulation ⓘ
supervisedBy	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
website	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency ⓘ

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Yellow Card Scheme → administeredBy → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency → alsoKnownAs → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: MHRA

Yellow Card Scheme → operatedBy → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Yellow Card Scheme → operatedBy → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: MHRA

Department of Health and Social Care → oversees → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

GlaxoSmithKline → regulatoryJurisdiction → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

Yellow Card Scheme → supportedBy → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commission on Human Medicines