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MHRA adds economic growth to its drug and device regulation remit

July 10, 2026

Alongside its duties in evaluating safety and effectiveness of drugs and their postmarketing monitoring, the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Agency (MHRA) has now been handed a further brief to support economic growth.

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BioWorld briefs for July 10, 2026.

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‘Target-high but uptake-defective’ state identified in ADC resistance

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Separate research teams have reported new insights into resistance mechanisms to the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Padcev (enfortumab vedotin, Astellas Pharma...

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Hyperexcitability may be joint problem in epilepsy, dementia

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The majority of epilepsies are developmental disorders that start in childhood. But there is a large minority that starts in late adulthood. And increasingly,...

Modius Spero wearable neuromodulation device

Neurovalens granted FDA approval for PTSD therapy for US veterans

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Veterans in the U.S. suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) now have access to Neurovalens Ltd.’s Modius Spero, a wearable neuromodulation device,...

Ionis, AZ shares down on unexpected Wainua flop in cardiomyopathy

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News of the unexpected phase III failure of the gene silencing drug Wainua (eplontersen) in the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy sent...