CEO of UK drugs regulator quits, as Brexit nears

The CEO of the UK’s medicine regulator has announced he will leave his post in September next year. With just months to go before the Brexit deadline, Dr. Ian Hudson, who has worked at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for 17 years, said he was stepping down for ‘personal reasons’. Dr. Hudson said: “My reasons for stepping down are both personal and professional. I had always intended to reduce my total work commitment to enable me to pursue other things and perhaps have more of a portfolio career by the time I reached 60, which has now happened. “I feel the time is right for a new person to guide the Agency and our work through its next phase, following the UK’s departure from the European Union next year.”