No new licence applications for e cigarettes since UK medicines regulator changed its guidance

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The medicines regulator has not received any applications from companies to licence e-cigarettes as medicines to aid smoking cessation, since regulatory guidance was updated six months ago, The Pharmaceutical Journal has learned. In October 2021, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published updated guidance for licensing electronic cigarettes (/article/news/uk-medicines regulator-to-approve-e-cigarettes-for-medical-use) and other inhaled nicotine-containing products as medicines to support smoking cessation.