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Drug Safety Update — United Kingdom

MHRA medicines recalls and defect notifications with batch numbers, Serious Shortage Protocols, new approvals and Drug Safety Update — updated daily, automatically. Last updated: 6 Nov 2026 08:50.

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Sources: we track changes based on information published by the MHRA — medicines recalls and defect notifications, Drug Safety Update and approval announcements — and the Serious Shortage Protocols published by the NHS Business Services Authority. The UK is outside the EU, so European Commission decisions are not listed here.

5 Nov 2026Thursday 5 November 2026 · 7 days ago

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Drug Safety Update Duvyzat®▼ (givinostat)
There have been several reports internationally of deaths in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) while being treated with Duvyzat® (givinostat). Following a review of these cases and assoc…
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26 Oct 2026Monday 26 October 2026

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The annual #MedSafetyWeek campaign is taking place from 2 to 8 November 2026 to promote the importance of reporting side effects from medicines and medical device incidents. This year's theme is ‘Side…
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20 Oct 2026Tuesday 20 October 2026

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Drug Safety Update IXCHIQ Chikungunya vaccine
Following advice from the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM), the MHRA has concluded that the benefit-risk balance for the IXCHIQ chikungunya vaccine is no longer considered favourable and the UK mar…
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15 Oct 2026Thursday 15 October 2026

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Drug Safety Update Antidepressants
New safety measures are now being implemented to improve how the risks of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and persistent sexual dysfunction are communicated to patients taking antidepressant medicati…
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2 Sep 2026Wednesday 2 September 2026

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Administration of parenteral nutrition without a filter has been associated with a number of adverse incidents including an embolism which resulted in a fatal outcome.
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In total 63 events in this category.