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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Reform

Commons · Question 3443 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2026 to question 126825 on Animal Experiments, what progress has she made regarding reform of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 5 Jun 2026

The Government is strengthening regulatory confidence in alternative methods through working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), including steps to support the assessment and use of non‑animal data in medicines reg...