Cancer Research UK has looked at what we need to support world-class health research in the UK and made recommendations to government on how to achieve this. This is good timing as the government is developing a research and innovation strategy and will be publishing a further instalment of the ‘Plan for Growth’ in the… [Read more…]
August 18, 2011 by beckypurvis
The government has just allocated £800 million of grants over the next five years for translational research i.e. research focused on pulling new scientific discoveries into treatments that will benefit patients. This work will be in National Institute for Health Research (NIHR – the research-focused part of the NHS) centres and units, collaborating with charities and… [Read more…]
August 10, 2011 by beckypurvis
In case you weren’t glued to your radio on Sunday evening, In Business on Radio 4 had a really interesting programme looking at Pfizer’s closure of it’s labs in Kent and the changing model for pharmaceutical business and how they invest in research… The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing most of its giant research facility… [Read more…]
May 5, 2011 by beckypurvis
Last week, a French judge ruled that you should not be able to patent scientific techniques involving embryonic stem cells. Scientists hit the news voicing their concerns that this ruling will make it difficult to get funding to do their research in the UK. Patenting new techniques is how money is made from discoveries and many… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011 by beckypurvis
Chi Onwurah asked a few interesting questions about the health research actions the government set out in their plan for growth – particularly clarifying who is leading on what. They got answered just before the bank holiday. Background Alongside the budget on 23 March, the government published a plan for growth, outlining actions they are… [Read more…]
April 26, 2011 by beckypurvis
Cancer Research UK commissioned a really interesting report from the Office of Health Economics exploring the rather topical question of, if the government cut public spending on medical research, what impact would this have on charity funding? They looked at how public funding (through the Department of Health and research councils) interacts with charity and private funding… [Read more…]
February 25, 2011 by beckypurvis
On Wednesday the government launched some new guidance to help universities, the NHS, charities and industry work together faster and better – see the DH press release here. Key to the government’s growth strategy is making it more attractive for private investors to fund research alongside public investors in the UK, so making it simpler… [Read more…]
November 29, 2010 by beckypurvis
George Osborne was in the Commons today to make his Autumn statement. As part of this he has launched a Growth Review with Vince Cable at BIS. This announces some policies and a plan to keep reviewing growth and the policies supporting it over the next four years. It is quite business-focused but some of… [Read more…]
September 14, 2011 by beckypurvis
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