Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Executive agency overview
Formed	1 April 2003; 21 years ago (2003-04-01)
Preceding agencies	Medicines Control Agency Medical Devices Agency
Headquarters	10 South Colonnade, London E14 United Kingdom
Minister responsible	Andrew Stephenson, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care at the Department of Health and Social Care
Executive agency executives	June Raine, Chief Executive Stephen Lightfoot, Chair Jon Fundrey, Chief Operating Officer
Parent department	Department of Health and Social Care
Child agencies	MHRA Regulatory Clinical Practice Research Datalink National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
Website	gov.uk/mhra

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.

The MHRA was formed in 2003 with the merger of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) and the Medical Devices Agency (MDA). In April 2013, it merged with the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) and was rebranded, with the MHRA identity being used solely for the regulatory centre within the group. The agency employs more than 1,200 people in London, York and South Mimms, Hertfordshire.^[1]