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UK-Japan partnership to see collaboration on incurable diseases, green technology and AI
January 11, 2019Medical Communications AI, Japan, MRC, UK, international partnership, medicine, technology
A new partnership between the UK and Japan will see medical researchers and scientists join forces, in advancing research into …
MRC, GSK and universities team up on inflammatory diseases
July 15, 2015Research and Development COPD, GSK, MRC, Medical Research Council, fibrosis, inflammatory diseases
UK pharma giant GSK is partnering with the Medical Research Council, to study the biological mechanisms behind common inflammatory diseases. …
MRC Technology hires senior head from Shire
February 11, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Edward Bliss, MRC, Shire
UK medical research charity MRC Technology has appointed Dr Edward Bliss to the new role of general counsel and company …
MRC head joins CPRD as director
January 6, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MHRA, MRC, cprd, janet valentine
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced an appointment of a new director for The Clinical Practice …
CRUK and AZ collaborate on cancer screening
November 28, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CRUK, Cambridge, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, MRC
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) scientists are to be given access to drug discovery facilities at AstraZeneca’s Cambridge site as part …
Antibiotics: will the industry saviour please stand up
November 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, EAA, MRC, WHO, resistance, susie lunt
The spectre of a new ‘dark ages’ for humanity where common infections begin to kill again is increasingly making itself …
UK government and partners pay £230m for disease research
October 23, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, London, MRC, Osborne, UK, Wellcome Trust, dementia, research
A new partnership led by the Medical Research Council and the UK government will invest over £230 million in a …
AstraZeneca deepens Cambridge ties
October 16, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CRUK, Cambridge, MRC, MedImmune
AstraZeneca along with its biologics R&D arm MedImmune are to enter into four new collaborations with the University of Cambridge. …
MRC commits £60m to new research projects
October 7, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MRC, NHS, Parkinson's, Parkinsons, UCL, experimental medicine challenge
Three new research programmes that aim to deliver a step-change in the understanding of disease by using human volunteers in …
More action needed on antibiotic resistance
July 25, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMR, Antibiotics, AstraZeneca, GSK, HIV, MRC, WHO, walsh
Pharma and governments need to put their heads together urgently in order to tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), …
Pharma firms give researchers access
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen R&D, MRC, Pfizer, Takeda, UCB, lilly, research, virtual library
UK researchers are to gain access to compounds from seven pharma companies in a partnership with the Medical Research Council …
£16m dementia research platform launched
June 19, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, MRC, Parkinson's, brain, dementia, ukdp
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has launched the UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), a £16 million public-private partnership set up …
AstraZeneca and MRC partner for new UK facility
March 31, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cambridge, MRC, Willetts, silicon fen
AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council have entered into a ‘ground-breaking’ collaboration aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of human …
Alzheimer’s research ‘turning point’
October 11, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, MRC, research
There is new hope that Alzheimer’s disease could be cured, according to a discovery by scientists from the Medical Research …
MRC gives £7 million to new projects
November 6, 2012Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MRC, academics
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has handed out £7 million in funding for 15 research projects which will use a …
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