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UK MHRA brings in proposals to speed up healthcare

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The changes from the health regulator would give patients faster access to devices and align classifications of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices.

A set of proposals that would change how medical devices reach patients in the UK represents the most substantial reform to medical device regulation since the post-Brexit divergence from EU rules.

The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2026 on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices, drafted by the Medicines andLife