Boris Johnson (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK unions lam­bast plan for ma­jor lay­offs at MHRA as Brex­it takes its toll

The UK’s MHRA may have to lay off about 300 of its 1,200 em­ploy­ees, thanks to a de­cline in in­come due to re­duced med­ical prod­uct sub­mis­sions fol­low­ing Brex­it, spurring anger among unions across the is­land.

Five UK unions are now de­mand­ing ac­tion from Prime Min­is­ter Boris John­son and his gov­ern­ment, not­ing that the lay­offs will like­ly ei­ther lead to longer time­lines for new drug and de­vice sub­mis­sions or “the MHRA will be re­duced to ef­fec­tive­ly ‘rub­ber stamp­ing’ EU reg­u­la­to­ry de­ci­sions.”

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