August 1, 2024
An update that sets out what pharmaceutical and healthcare companies should expect from the Brexit implementation period that will run from March 2019 to December 2020 has been released by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Before...
The Falsified Medicines Directive is a directive that will be fully incorporated into UK law in 14 months, has been created in order to protect public health and safety from falsified medicines. These falsifications have become more and more sophisticated...
Cromptons Healthcare, the historic Hampshire based manufacturer and supplier of healthcare garments, textiles and patient handling equipment, has been snapped up. MIP UK, The British subsidiary of Canadian healthcare products supplier MIP, has purchased the business for an undisclosed amount....
AIM-listed healthcare firm Concepta is set to launch a new manufacturing base in Doncaster. Backed by Finance Yorkshire, the business has signed a 10 year lease on the site at Bullrush Grove Business Park where it will employ eight full-time...
Derbyshire Healthcare Products Manufacturer Doubles Capacity : Healthcare products manufacturer Harlequin BPI has more than doubled its capacity after securing an investment of £400,000, creating a host of new jobs in the process. The Derbyshire firm, based on the Manners...
Free universal healthcare is under scrutiny after hospitals reported a record overspend. Figures show that NHS providers overspent by £2.45 billion in 2015-16 and this has led senior health officials to question the long-term viability of free universal healthcare. It...
Fluorescent light camera pill detects gut cancer : A camera implanted in a pill that can be swallowed to detect gut and throat cancer by shining a fluorescent light has been developed by University of Glasgow researchers. Although miniature cameras...
