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Regulatory covers the rules, approvals and market-access decisions that determine how medicines reach patients. It spans medicines and device regulation from the MHRA and EMA, health technology appraisals by NICE including the Highly Specialised Technologies (HST) programme for orphan and ultra-rare conditions, pricing and reimbursement, pharmacovigilance and post-marketing safety, and the compliance duties manufacturers and suppliers carry across the UK and Europe.

Regulatory21 September 2026· 8 min read

FDA Clears Finerenone for Type 1 Diabetes Kidney Disease

A 242-patient trial with a urinary biomarker endpoint has carried finerenone into a new US indication. The number that matters is not the 25% in the headlines, and no UK or EU decision for type 1 diabetes has been reported.

By Tom Okafor, Clinical Trials Correspondent

Regulatory21 September 2026· 8 min read

OS Therapies Project Orbis MHRA Osteosarcoma Signal

MHRA asked OS Therapies to bring OST-HER2 into Project Orbis and accepted literature-derived historical controls in resected metastatic osteosarcoma. The procedural precedent matters more than the candidate, and every load-bearing fact is the sponsor's.

By Dr. Eleanor Vance, Regulatory Affairs Editor

Regulatory9 September 2026· 8 min read

What the evidence shows about BPC-157 and tendons

More than 100 animal studies suggest BPC-157 helps tendons heal, yet as of 2026 not a single controlled human trial has tested whether it works in people. A US advisory panel has voted to loosen access all the same.

By Tom Okafor, Clinical Trials Correspondent

Regulatory14 July 2026· 8 min read

What the New UK Clinical Trials Regulations Mean for Sponsors

The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, signed into law in April 2025 and entering into force on 28 April 2026, represent the most substantial revision to the UK clinical trial regulatory framework since the original 2004 Regulations…

By Dr. Eleanor Vance, Regulatory Affairs Editor

Regulatory8 July 2026· 9 min read

How NICE Evaluates Orphan Drugs Under the HST Programme

For most licensed medicines that reach the NHS in England, the route to routine clinical use runs through the NICE single technology appraisal (STA) process: a structured assessment of clinical and cost-effectiveness that applies a cost-per-quality-adjusted-life-year (QALY)…

By Dr. Eleanor Vance, Regulatory Affairs Editor

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