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May 21, 2013
England’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has launched a new campaign encouraging patients to ask their doctor about clinical-research opportunities.
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March 19, 2013
The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme in the UK has awarded £2.6 million to a research team at the University of Nottingham to lead an international study of tranexamic acid as a potential treatment for intracerebral haemorrhage.
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January 10, 2013
The government is investing £120 million in a health research programme to help encourage action against some of the country's most pressing healthcare challenges.
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November 26, 2012
Joint-working key for future success, say industry lobby groups and the NHS
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November 20, 2012
People with rarer diseases have problems accessing effective new treatments, so plans for earlier-access schemes for drugs to treat these conditions should be considered, the government has been told.
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April 10, 2012
More than 400,000 babies are to be screened for debilitating, rare inherited conditions, as part of a pilot which aims to discover if more rare illnesses can be identified and treated early on, the government has announced.
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April 03, 2012
A key component of the government’s growth plans for life sciences in the UK is now in place with the launch of the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).
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February 21, 2012
The National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) has launched a new section of its website featuring short films about the various people involved in National Health Service research activities.
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June 09, 2011
The EU Clinical Trials Directive has come under fire again as figures show the UK's involvement in both global and European trials has "dropped dramatically" since it came into force
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March 08, 2011
In another gesture of support for the UK’s beleaguered health research base, the government has announced funding of up to £775 million for translational research conducted by NHS-university partnerships set up through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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