MHRA Symposium reveals massive and dangerous changes to UK medicines regulation
MHRA not fit for purpose!
[This is a recycle]
The Symposium
Some of you may remember that I attended this MHRA Symposium last February on behalf of UK Column:
“just imagine if Microsoft became the sole provider of technology services to MHRA? What if that involved harvesting patient data, licensing pharmaceutical wholesalers, approving new drugs—not approving others, competitors maybe? What if surveillance activities to catch criminals (supposedly) thieving medicines was used by MHRAs criminal investigations team, using the latest MS AI App?”
Well, this is what was revealed on the day:
MHRA is now a Sovereign Agency - it can make it’s own rules up.
Virtual inspections are here to stay, using Microsoft HoloLens 2.
It seems Healthcare is also a target, to “Enhance Patient Treatment”.
The safety net of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive has been done away with.
A new name of Medicrime has been branded, requiring wide surveillance across the globe.
Confidential sites have been created.
A Policy discussion paper on a UK Sin…