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Could ketamine-assisted therapy help treat alcoholism?
The largest clinical trial of its kind will investigate if ketamine-assisted therapy can reduce harmful drinking in people with severe alcohol use disorder.
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First adaptive clinical trial for flu
A £2.9 million trial, the first adaptive platform trial studying flu treatments, could reduce serious illness in patients.
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UK research consortium given £2 million to control monkeypox
£2 million will help fund a UK team of scientific experts to research monkeypox, uncover novel treatments and curb the spread of the virus.
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Funding boost for CPI’s RNA vaccine innovation centre
The UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce (VTF) has funded CPI’s innovative training academy and manufacturing facility to further the development of novel RNA therapies and vaccines.
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Catalent acquires new biologics facility in the UK
Catalent announces the expansion of its biologics development and manufacturing capability by purchasing a new facility, currently under construction in Oxford, UK.
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Keytruda® promising in adjuvant treatment of lung cancer
MSD/Merck reveals Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) significantly improved disease-free survival in adjuvant treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
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AstraZeneca to collaborate with VaxEquity on RNA therapeutics
AstraZeneca will partner with VaxEquity for the discovery and development of a self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) therapeutics platform.
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Positive effects of psychedelic microdosing likely due to placebo effect, finds study
The largest placebo-controlled psychedelics study to date concluded that the psychological benefits of microdoses of psychedelics are likely due to the placebo effect.
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Tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce COVID-19 patient mortality by 8.5 percent, data shows
IL-6 receptor antagonists tocilizumab and sarilumab have a significant impact on COVID-19 patient mortality, a study has shown.
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Vaccine innovation in the UK: SMEs and national capabilities
The UK Government is supporting the development of COVID-19 vaccines, including two innovative UK vaccine candidates. In this article, we describe the history of these candidates and introduce innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and national capabilities that are working to combat the current pandemic and improve the UK’s vaccine…
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UK to establish human challenge studies for COVID-19 vaccines
The UK government hopes to expedite the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by investing £33.6 million in the first phase of establishing human challenge trials.
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UK Prime Minister visits the UK Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the construction site of the VMIC and met scientists and engineers at the forefront of the UK’s COVID-19 response.
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Hydrocortisone steroid improves COVID-19 patient chance of recovery, study shows
A trial has shown that COVID-19 patients treated with the steroid hydrocortisone had a 93 percent chance of a better outcome from the coronavirus.
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UK government secures early access to 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The government has entered partnerships with Pfizer and Valneva to secure doses of several promising COVID-19 vaccines and secured COVID-19 neutralising antibody treatments from AstraZeneca.
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First patient dosed with COVID-19 vaccine using self-amplifying RNA
A Phase I clinical trial to test Imperial College London's COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been initiated, with the first patient dosed.
