The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Committee has decided to continue the suspension of Homerton Fertility Clinic's licence until August.
The clinic's licence was originally suspended in March after it was discovered that embryos had been destroyed due to errors in their freezing processes (see BioNews 1230).
Peter Thompson, chief executive of the HFEA, said the licence remained suspended while investigations were ongoing. In a statement he said: 'The clinic remains under enhanced regulatory oversight and the HFEA will not lift the suspension of the clinic's licence until we are certain that patients can be treated safely.'