The drug was licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency last year and is available from some health trusts.

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Some critics had hoped to see a strong regulatory agency, similar to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and UK Food Safety Agency have established recommended maximum fumonisin levels in food and feed products made from corn.

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The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency currently advises that there is insufficient evidence of a causal link between the drug and suicidal behaviour, although it now says it should not be given to children.

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Regulatory agencies, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency, are closely scrutinizing stem cell therapies they are asked to review and approve.

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Britain's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said it found that 41 out of 167 packs of counterfeit Avastin the British drug wholesaler bought from its Danish counterpart already had been sold to the U.S. The agency quarantined the packs that remained at the British company.

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