Press releases

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Latest Press releases

• 10 Jul 2008| Press release: Op Jaipur nets estimated seizure of 20,000 sex drugs in Wokingham

  Enforcement officers from the MHRA, together with assistance from Thames Valley Police, have today seized approximately 20,000 unlicensed medicines, worth an estimated £50,000.

• 09 Jul 2008| Press release: London duo sentenced for trafficking counterfeit medicines and dealing in controlled drugs worth just under half a million pounds

  Two men from London were sentenced on 8 July 2008 at Kingston Crown Court for the illegal sale and supply of Class C drugs and counterfeit medicines.

• 03 Jul 2008| Press release: Man sentenced for dealing in counterfeit medicines worth at least £1.8million

  A man was sentenced yesterday at Kingston Crown Court to 51 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and to 40 hours community service for dealing in counterfeit medicines.

• 05 Jun 2008| Press release: Inappropriate or incorrectly fitted posture/safety belts fitted to seating, stair lifts, hoists and wheelchairs could be fatal warns medical devices regulator

  We continue to receive reports of fatalities and injuries due to the inappropriate use, fitting, adjustment and maintenance of posture/safety belts which are fitted to assistive technology medical devices such as supportive seating, stair lifts, hoists and wheelchairs.

• 27 May 2008| Press release: Men sentenced for illegal Internet sale of unlicensed sex drug

  Following an MHRA investigation, two men were sentenced on 21 May 2008 at Lewes Crown Court for the illegal sale and supply of an unlicensed medicine used to treat male erectile dysfunction under the Medicines Act 1968.

• 08 May 2008| Press release: Better Regulation of Medicines Initiative - third report launched

  We have published the third report of the Better Regulation of Over the Counter Medicines Initiative (BROMI).

• 06 May 2008| Press release: Neal’s Yard Remedies stores rapped by medicines regulator

  We have clamped down on a homeopathic remedy called Malaria Officinalis 30c which was intended to be viewed as a treatment or preventive for malaria.

• 30 Apr 2008| Press release: Medical devices regulator issues alert over walking frames

  We are urging adults and children to be vigilant if using walking frames manufactured by Trulife Limited, due to concerns over the plastic height adjustment clips that can fail, causing the user to fall.

• 25 Apr 2008| Press release: Doctor prosecuted for advertising and selling an unlicensed medicine - ‘Fat Jab’

  We have successfully prosecuted a man from Nottingham at the City of London Magistrates Court on Wednesday 23 April 2008 for illegally possessing with intention to sell and advertising the unlicensed drug, Lipostabil®, for cosmetic purposes.

• 24 Apr 2008| Press release: Medicines regulator advises healthcare professionals about heparin injection - Clexane

  We have been made aware by Sanofi-Aventis that some batches of Clexane (enoxaparin) on the UK market contain low levels of an impurity called over-sulphated-chondroitin-sulphate (OSCS).