June Raine
Ian Hudson | |
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Personal details | |
Born | June Munro Harris 1952 UK |
Education | University of Oxford (BA, MSc, BM BCh) |
Dame June Munro Raine
She came to wider public prominence in December 2020, when the MHRA was the first regulator to approve an
Education
Raine went to
Career
MHRA
In 1985, Raine joined the Department of Health and Social Security in the Medicines Division, before that function moved to the newly formed MHRA in 2003. In 2006, she was appointed as the Director of Vigilance and Risk Management in the Medicines Division, and in September 2019 was appointed CEO of the MHRA.[6]
COVID-19
On 2 December 2020, the MHRA became the first medicines regulator
The authorisation drew criticism from EU legislators, who called the MHRA's decision "hasty" and "problematic",[13] and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a statement that a longer approval procedure was needed using more detailed evidence and checks than the EMA's "emergency authorisation" route as chosen by Raine, given the novel nature of the vaccine and the potential scale of its distribution.[14] The approval also drew initial critical comments from Anthony Fauci, who, after qualification of his comments, said that "Our process is one that takes more time than it takes in the UK. And that's just the reality", and "I did not mean to imply any sloppiness even though it came out that way".[15]
On 2 December, the UK Government stated that the vaccine would be covered by the
On 7 December, Raine defended the MHRA's approval of BNT162b2 in an article she wrote for The Times titled: "Dr June Raine: How we backed a Covid vaccine before rest of the West".[17]
Other roles
Raine chaired the European Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee on behalf of the European Medicines Agency for six years.[6]
Awards
She was appointed
Personal life
Raine met her husband, Anthony Evan Gerald Raine, at
See also
- Ian Hudson, former CEO of the MHRA
References
- ^ a b c Blakely, Rhys (5 December 2020). "Rise of June Raine, the patients' champion who shuns limelight". The Times. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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- ^ a b c Bland, Archie (2 December 2020). "'The buck stops with her': the woman who makes call on UK's Covid vaccines". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Dr. June Raine CBE". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "DOD's Civil Service Companion 2009–10, 8th edition". viewer.zmags.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ a b Lakshmi, PS (20 August 2019). "MHRA names June Raine as interim chief executive". Pharmacy Business. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Boseley, Sarah; Halliday, Josh (2 December 2020). "UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for rollout next week". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Roberts, Michelle (2 December 2020). "Covid Pfizer vaccine approved for use next week in UK". BBC News. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Study to Describe the Safety, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of RNA Vaccine Candidates Against COVID-19 in Healthy Individuals". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Brooks, Matt (2 December 2020). "MHRA: Who is CEO June Raine?". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "UK regulator says it did not cut any corners to approve Pfizer vaccine". Reuters. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "The benefits of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine "far outweigh any risk", says Dr June Raine from UK regulator MHRA". BBC News. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Guarascio, Francesco (2 December 2020). "EU criticises 'hasty' UK approval of COVID-19 vaccine". Reuters. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Dean, Grace (2 December 2020). "The UK approved Pfizer's vaccine too quickly and without the proper checks, EU politicians have warned". Business Insider. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine". BBC News. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Lintern, Shaun (2 December 2020). "Coronavirus vaccine: Pfizer given protection from legal action by UK government". The Independent. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Raine, June (7 December 2020). "Dr June Raine: How we backed a Covid vaccine before rest of the West". The Times. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2 December 2020.(subscription required)
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
- ^ "New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames". BBC News. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "2022 New Years Honour List" (PDF). gov.uk. 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Anthony Evan Gerald Raine". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 2 December 2020.