Pill to prevent pre-eclampsia gets UK fast track for development

Exclusive: MHRA grants innovation passport to drug that could prevent women from developing condition

A new pill that could prevent pre-eclampsia has become the first pregnancy drug to be fast-tracked for development by the UK's drug regulator.

Scientists at MirZyme Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, believe they have developed a drug that when given to women from 20 weeks of pregnancy could stop them developing the condition.