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£14m funding to support rapid COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing scale up
The UK Bioindustry Association industry-led vaccine manufacturing group has welcomed a £14 million investment to support COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing.
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UK to begin clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine this week
The UK government has announced that funding will be given to clinical trials to test a COVID-19 vaccine, with one study beginning tomorrow.
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Imperial and CPI announce partnership to translate research into industry
A partnership between Imperial College London and CPI will enable the two organisations to translate research into products and services for pharma.
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Novartis headquarters opens in White City, London
In a formal ceremony, the new headquarters for Novartis has been opened in White City, London, in close proximity to Imperial College London’s research campus.
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Medical cannabis: what UK doctors need to know
Cannabinoids, their potential therapeutic uses and the research needed for medical cannabis were the topics of discussion at the ‘Medical cannabis: what UK doctors need to know’ event held last week.
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Chlamydia vaccine passes safety trial
A first-of-its-kind experimental chlamydia vaccine trial has been found to be safe and able to provoke an immune response.
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Increasing dose of statins could save more lives
A study has shown that thousands of heart attacks and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease could be prevented through the use of statins...
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Periostin concentration levels in asthmatics could reveal best treatment
Severe asthma sufferers could benefit from newer targeted therapies, and could be identified through levels of periostin in their airways...
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Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in CT brain scan
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of brain scan (CT), more accurately than current methods.
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Diabetes drug may not reduce risk of death
One class of drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may not reduce the risk of death when compared with placebo, suggests new findings...
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Researchers to investigate screening for prostate cancer using MRI
A new clinical study will test for the first time if MRI scans can be used for population screening to detect prostate cancer more accurately...
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EC approves Alofisel for complex perianal fistulae in Crohn’s disease
The EC has approved Alofisel for the treatment of complex perianal fistulae in adult patients with nonactive/mildly active luminal Crohn’s disease...
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MLE490 reduces the number and severity of hot flushes in menopause
A new class of experimental drugs reduces hot flushes in menopausal women by almost three-quarters in just three days...
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£54 million funding to transform health through data science
Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK to address challenging healthcare issues through the use of data science...
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3D printing technique creates super soft biological structures
A new 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs...