MHRA Admits That it Missed Covid Vaccine Safety Signals
The MHRA was so flooded with Yellow Card adverse event reports for Covid vaccines that its statistical analysis was skewed and safety signals were buried, a new FOI release has revealed.
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Are Clinical Trials Safe?
If you're considering participating in a clinical trial in the U.K., maybe don't, says Nick Hunt. Trials are regulated by the MHRA, and its failures here are no less extensive and serious than elsewhere.
Whose Job Is It to Make Sure the MHRA is Competent? Nobody’s, it Turns Out
It turns out that the U.K. drugs regulator the MHRA is responsible for making its own rules and marking its own homework. No wonder it repeatedly fails to keep the public safe, writes ex-Senior Civil Servant Nick Hunt.
Covid Vaccines Must Be Suspended and a Full Inquiry Launched into How They Were Approved, Say Experts
COVID-19 vaccines must be suspended owing to the level of reported injuries and deaths across all age groups and a full inquiry launched into the MHRA, the regulator which approved them, a group of experts has said.
Government Makes Laughable Claim the MHRA is “Globally Recognised for Requiring High Standards of Safety and Effectiveness”
Government Minister Will Quince claimed the MHRA is "globally recognised for requiring high standards of safety and effectiveness". That is palpable nonsense, says Nick Denim.
Why is the MHRA Refusing to Release Key Vaccine Safety Data?
U.K. drugs regulator the MHRA has been refusing to disclose key information relating to the safety of the Covid vaccines of late, repeatedly claiming the requests are "vexatious". What has it got to hide?
MHRA Caught Not Doing Its Promised Vaccine Safety Monitoring (Again)
Back in February 2021, MHRA promised to do a whole range of routine population-level data analysis “to quickly detect a potential safety signal” for the Covid vaccines. So, where is it?
Blame Game Begins as MHRA Passes the Buck: “All the Covid Vaccine Authorisation Decisions Were Taken by the Government Minister”
The blame game starts as MHRA passes the buck, writing in an FOI reply that "all the Covid vaccine authorisation decisions were taken by the Government Minister". Time for MPs to turn up the heat on the regulator.
MHRA Caught Hiding Crucial Vaccine Safety Data
UK drugs regulator the MHRA has responded to an FOI request about the Covid vaccines but redacted crucial safety data. What is it hiding?
Pfizer Was Judged to Have Misled the Public Over the Covid Vaccine But Faces a Derisory Fine. The System is Broken
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was found by the medicine regulator to have misled the public over the Covid vaccine, yet will be fined just a few thousand pounds. The system is broken and needs an overhaul, says Dr Alan Black.
