Ian Hudson, a veteran regulator, is to become chief executive of the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in September when the current chief executive Kent Woods steps down. Mr Woods has led the UK regulator for 10 years. Dr Hudson is currently the MHRA licensing director, responsible for the majority of medicines licensing activities. He is the UK delegate to the Committee on Human Medical Products at the European Medicines Agency and has been its vice chair since October 2012.
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