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The UK government has announced an additional £1.5 million of funding to develop a new treatment for gonorrhoea.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Consortium brings together 16 leading organisations, spanning the NHS, regulators, and leading third sector and charitable organisations
The review will focus on the more efficient and safe use of health data for research and analysis for the benefit of patients and the healthcare sector.
The public has a vital part to play in the rollout of the UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan.
The new framework will raise awareness of rare diseases, speed up diagnosis and improve care and treatment.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today, 1 January 2021, formally starts the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP).
Safety is our watch word.
The safety of the public will always come first.
The COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium will use the funding to expand whole genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) will play a key role in evaluating vaccines that have been developed for COVID-19
The UK will join the USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Singapore and Brazil to speed up the approval of innovative medicines.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has today heralded the launch of a landmark new strategy that will secure the UK’s future position as a global leader in genomics.
Six projects have received £32 million in government funding to help transform NHS healthcare delivery.
Patients will benefit from major improvements in technology to speed up the diagnosis of deadly diseases like cancer thanks to further investment in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across the NHS.
The UK announced support programme, backed by £1.1million research grant is led by the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust together with the Kenya's Ministry of Health.
Ground-breaking innovation to support medical technologies
A pioneering scheme to provide new antibiotics to NHS patients by offering to pay pharmaceutical companies upfront for their work will start this week.
The UK organised the Global Vaccine Summit 2020 on 4 June, helping secure US$7.4 billion (approximately £6 billion) in funding to support global vaccine supply and immunisation.
Thousands of patients severely ill with coronavirus will have their genetic code studied to help scientists understand whether a person’s genetics may influence their susceptibility to the virus.
Baroness Dido Harding has been appointed to lead the programme of testing and tracing as part of the government’s ongoing response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
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