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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space Technologies
Document: (PDF)

Found: Potential applications of engineering biology to space include:  Space microbiome  Cardiac pressure

Parliamentary Research
Food, diet, nutrition and cancer - POST-PN-0718
Apr. 23 2024

Found: The Human Microbiota in Health and Disease. Engineering , Vol 3, 71–82. 77.

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Home Office

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Non-technical summaries granted in 2024
Document: Non-technical summaries: projects granted in 2024, January to March (PDF)

Found: The collection of bacteria in the gut (the microbiome) has a well-established ability to modify

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Apr. 09 2024

Source Page: MHRA FOI performance data
Document: (Excel)

Found: the Freedom of Information Act 2000.Monitoring Strategy.I note that the Report of the commission on human

Written Question
Chemicals: Regulation
Tuesday 9th April 2024

Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for incorporating into pharmaceutical, pesticide and other chemical regulation consideration of impacts on human, animal, plant and soil microbiomes.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) operates a robust programme of regulating and monitoring medicines to ensure patients have access to safe and effective medicines. While the microbiome is still an evolving field, the MHRA is working to further our understanding on the impact of pharmaceuticals on the microbiome. Experts in MHRA are leading on international efforts to improve understanding of this area, for example through the development of World Health Organisation reference reagents for the microbiome.

The potential impact of a chemical on plant health, including soil microbiomes is already considered, as appropriate, as part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)’s robust risk assessment process for pesticides and for biocides.

The legislation around veterinary medicines makes it clear that when considering the authorisation of antimicrobial substances for use in animals, there should be consideration of the impacts on the human, target animal, and environmental microbiomes, including plants and soils.

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Apr. 04 2024

Source Page: International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use Guidelines
Document: S11 – Nonclinical Safety Testing in Support of Development of Paediatric Medicines (PDF)

Found: International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use Guidelines

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Government Office for Science

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Ultra-processed food (UPFs)
Document: Ultra-Processed Food - PDF (PDF)

Found: A high emulsifier dosage study in mouse models investigated changes in the microbiome and epithelial

Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) involvement”, even if there was no active review by a human decision-maker. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Horsham.I apologise that I was not with the Committee earlier today, but I was chairing a meeting about the microbiome - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023
Document: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023 (PDF)

Found: - Human activities and impact Since the establishment of the ASMA, human activities in the Area

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Access Dstl's published research
Document: complete list of published research (ODS)

Found: mice Infection and immunity. (2024) Open Access Journal Article https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00455-23 Human