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Phase 2 trials underway for new pneumococcal disease vaccine
Added: 15 Sep 2025
Trials are underway on a £3.2 million-funded new vaccine to tackle the presence pneumococcal diseas…
ABPI and NCUB: lack of competitiveness undermining UK life sciences
Added: 14 Sep 2025
Britain’s place as a global leader in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors has plunged in r…
Psychedelics compounds used to combat inflammatory conditions
Added: 7 Sep 2025
Birmingham researchers aim to establish whether psychedelic drugs can be harnessed to combat neurod…
Protein inhibitor offers potential to counter advance of brain tumours
Added: 24 Aug 2025
Drugs that prevent the body from clearing parts of brain cells damaged by cancer could help slow tu…
Generative AI boost in battle against drug resistance
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Generative AI has enabled the creation of novel antibiotics capable of killing two highly drug resi…
Weight loss and growth hormone patients could swap injections for pill suggests research
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Creators of a new technology say it could extend the number of therapies that can be administered v…
Kennedy axes US$0.5 billion mRNA vaccine investment
Added: 6 Aug 2025
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced his department will terminate 22 government c…
China, obesity and biologics to fuel drug sales growth, says Evaluate report
Added: 1 Aug 2025
China’s bioscience sector growth will be a key factor in the growth of global prescription drug sal…
Glasgow team wins £0.4 million to harness cancer-fighting immune cells
Added: 10 Jun 2025
Nearly £0.4 million has been awarded to a University of Glasgow team researching the use of immune …
Space science helps target medicine’s ‘final frontier’
Added: 29 May 2025
Space pioneers have joined an international effort to unravel the mechanisms behind what they descr…
Genetic study suggests possible means to identify drug resistant epilepsy
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Identifiying ‘genetic signatures’ could enable medical experts to determine which epilepsy sufferer…
Uni teams share £1 million award for work to tackle dormant breast cancer
Added: 1 Mar 2025
Research teams from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield will share £1 million to help unde…
Wolfson grant enables purchase of world’s fastest scanning microscope
Added: 9 Feb 2025
Pioneering dementia research professor Roslyn Bill has welcomed the announcement of a £0.5 million …
AstraZeneca’s Speke U-turn deals blow to Government’s life sciences ambition
Added: 3 Feb 2025
AstraZeneca’s shock reversal of its plans to expand vaccine manufacturing at itsSpeke plant on Mers…
Seven CERSI centres launched to speed regulatory innovation in UK medicine
Added: 28 Jan 2025
Innovate UK has announced seven Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs…
Gallium-based bone cancer therapy paste secures £110k support
Added: 27 Jan 2025
Grant money of £110,000 has been awarded to help develop an injectable paste that could have the po…
Breast cancer tops clinical studies for fourth year as overall trial attrition rates rise
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Breast cancer continues to be the world’s most studied disease in clinical trials, topping all cate…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
British Heart Foundation Heart Hero Awards highlight breakthrough pioneers
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Cardiovascular research pioneer professor Adam Greenstein has been awarded the prestigious Research…
Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups
Added: 1 Dec 2024
The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…
