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.

All Recalls and defects6 Serious shortages (SSP) New approvals4 Drug Safety Update4

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 · 2 days ago

1 event · 1 important

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…

What this means, batches, details

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details and permanent link Drug Safety Update on GOV.UK ↗ MHRA — Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

In total 1 event on this day.

Key

class 1 recall (risk to life)

class 2–3 recall, serious shortage, safety update

class 4 defect notification, new approval

A batch recall does not mean the medicine is withdrawn: it remains licensed, only the listed batches are affected.

Sources

MHRA alerts — medicines recalls and defect notifications since January 2024.
Drug Safety Update.
Serious Shortage Protocols (NHSBSA).