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Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to ensure that commercial clinical trials take place in the UK.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to ensure that commercial clinical trials take place in the UK.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

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  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced significant progress in modernising the United Kingdom’s clinical trials framework, marking the most substantial update in two decades. The announcement, made on International Cl...

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