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UK organisations call for investigation of ethnicity and COVID-19 incidence and outcome

24 April 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

The UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) wish to fund research exploring if people from black, Asian and middle eastern backgrounds are disproportionately at risk from COVID-19.

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Pooling research and development resources to tackle emerging threats

24 March 2020 | By Sheraz Gul (Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology)

Here, Sheraz Gul highlights some encouraging displays of industry co-operation that aim to counter the global threat posed by COVID-19.

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Could Milan be the new home for the EMA?

17 November 2017 | By Wayne Pines

Wayne Pines, President of Healthcare at APCO Worldwide in Washington DC and a former Associate Commissioner of the FDA believes Milan is a logical choice for the relocation of the EMA...

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Study asks if mistaken antibodies led research down 20-year dead end

3 July 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

For nearly two decades researchers have sought a way to target an oestrogen receptor in the hope they could improve breast cancer survival, but an article contends that the effort may never pan out.

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Wildlife conservation plans must consider Lyme disease risk

19 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Lyme disease – an infection contracted from the bite of an infected tick– is an important emerging disease in the UK, and is increasing in incidence in people in the UK and large parts of Europe and North America.

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Pluristem’s post nuclear exposure study in primates a success

5 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Pluristem Therapeutics announced the promising results of its non-human primates (NHP) pilot study for PLX-R18 as a treatment for Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS).

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UK institutes sign global educational partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières

26 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

The collaboration focuses on the delivery of an educational programme consisting of a suite of flexible Master’s level professional courses including short ones and a full Master’s programme.

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Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers

24 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Kidney cancer rates have increased by 40% over the last 10 years in the UK, and the rise is expected to continue. An estimated 20,000 kidney cancer cases have been caused by obesity over the last decade in England, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.

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Pistoia Alliance launches Chemical Safety Library Service

21 March 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not for profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has today announced the launch of the Chemical Safety Library (CSL) Service, which allows hazardous reaction information to be captured, stored and shared, to improve laboratory safety.

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Exco InTouch receives EU-US data security certification

20 January 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

The designation certifies that Exco InTouch’s practices meet or exceed the data privacy and security principles outlined by US Department of Commerce and European Commission.

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Prokarium given £2 million vaccine grant for emerging diseases and bioterrorist threats

25 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Prokarium announced the award of funding from the UK governments for the development of three new vaccines against Zika, bacterial diarrhoea and plague...

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