In brief

Drugs agency consults on early access to drugs in development: The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has launched a 12 week public consultation on proposals to launch a scheme that gives patients with life threatening, chronic, or debilitating conditions early access to drugs that are still being developed, usually having completed phase III trials but sometimes having just completed phase II. Comments can be emailed to the agency at earlyaccess@mhra.gsi.gov.uk until 5 October.

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