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Cambridge University gains stem cell centre funding

August 9, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, MRC, Wellcome Trust, stem cell

The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council are investing £8 million into a new stem cell research centre. The …

News
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UK government to create four new ‘eHealth’ centres

August 9, 2012
Sales and Marketing MRC, NHS, data, eHealth, investment, patient records

A consortium of ten UK government and charity groups has invested £19 million to create a series of eHealth research …

News

Government healthcare fund pays up

August 3, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MRC, SMEs, government

A £180 million government fund to help small businesses and academics come up with healthcare solutions has made its first …

News

Pharma funds drug discovery partnership

May 16, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dundee, MRC, drug discovery, funding, partnerships, pharma

Half a dozen pharma firms are contributing £14.4 million to work by Dundee University and the Medical Research Council (MRC) on …

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New agreement seeks to speed up UK research

February 25, 2011
Research and Development BIA, Industry Collaborative Research Agreement, MRC, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure, UK research, clinical research, mICRA

The government has revised the research contracting process in a bid to streamline research between pharma and biotech companies, universities …

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Sir John Savill to head up MRC

August 11, 2010
Research and Development MRC, appointment, research and development

The Medical Research Council has appointed Sir John Savill as chief executive and deputy chair with effect from 1 October. …

Appointment

NICE’s methods to be put under the spotlight

July 19, 2010
Sales and Marketing MRC, NICE, cost-effectiveness

The Medical Research Council has awarded £2.3 million for new research into the academic methods underpinning advice given by NICE …

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UK Biobank

Milestone for UK Biobank

July 8, 2010
Research and Development DNA, MRC, UK Biobank, Wellcome

Medical research initiative the UK Biobank has collected DNA samples from its 500,000th volunteer, marking a major milestone in its …

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AstraZeneca collaborates on compound library

July 5, 2010
Research and Development AstraZeneca, MRC

AstraZeneca and the UK’s Medical Research Council are to share access to their compounds to improve their efforts to find …

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UKCRMI

Plans for UK’s research hub unveiled

June 23, 2010
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, MRC, UCL, UKCMRI, Wellcome, biomedical

The vision for a new UK biomedical research and innovation centre which will be the biggest in Europe has been …

News

Funding boost for UK research

March 29, 2010
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, MRC, UCL, UKCMRI, Wellcome

Prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged £250 million for the planned UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI). The …

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Sir Leszek Borysiewicz to step down from the MRC

January 19, 2010
MRC, UK, appointment

The Medical Research Council’s chief executive Sir Leszek Borysiewicz is stepping down later this year to become vice chancellor of …

Appointment

World’s biggest DNA project launched

March 16, 2006
Research and Development DNA, MRC, UK Biobank, Wellcome

UK Biobank, the world’s largest and most detailed study of how genes, lifestyle and environment affect risks of developing disease, …

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