Guidance for new Marketing Authorisation assessment routes in the UK following Brexit

Nasos Kipentzoglou, Analyst at Lightning Health takes a look at the different mechanisms to obtain marketing authorisation in the UK.

Following the end of the Brexit transition (1^st January 2021), the MHRA has published guidance on the new marketing authorisation assessment routes available in the UK. There are now different mechanisms to obtain marketing authorisation including:

• National Procedure (a 150-day procedure)
• Rolling review
• EC Decision Reliance Procedure (a 67-day procedure)
• MR/DC Reliance Procedure (a 67-day procedure)
• Unfettered Access from Northern Ireland (a 67-day procedure)

For international routes (collaborative procedures):

• Access consortium
• Project Orbis

In Northern Ireland, the EU centralised, decentralised, and mutual recognition procedures continue to apply.

Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for a series of publications and fact files where I will take a snapshot of these developments, starting on 9^th March 2021 with the 150-day national procedure.

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Article published 4 March 2021.