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Chief Scientist Office Festive Message 2021
21st December 2021
Euan Dick, Head of the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) reflects on major research advances throughout 2021 and the vital role that our research community continues to play i...
Strengthening the UK clinical research ecosystem
17th December 2021
The UK Clinical Research Recovery, Resilience and Growth Programme (RRG) has published an update detailing the key milestones that have been achieved in the 6 months since the...
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Ground-breaking COVID-19 antiviral treatment trial opens to recruitment
8th December 2021
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of new COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments - which can be safely taken at home - has begun enrolling partici...
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IRAS amendment tool updated to new version
6th December 2021
From Monday 6 December 2021, the amendment tool will indicate that substantial changes to the Investigator Brochure (IB) do not need to be submitted to a NHS Research Eth...
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World first COVID-19 vaccine booster study publishes data
3rd December 2021
Six COVID-19 vaccines are safe and boost immunity for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech, results from the UK-wide COV-BOOST trial show Th...
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NRS Neuroprogressive and Dementia launch new strategy
2nd December 2021
The new strategy lays out how the Network will involve, engage with, and support people with lived experience of neuroprogressive conditions or dementia. Th...
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New Members Wanted for NHS Research Ethics Committees (RECs)
24th November 2021
The NHS Research Ethics Committees (RECs) are currently looking to recruit new volunteer members to join the RECs and contribute to their work Inter...
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Chief Scientist Office launches new postdoctoral scheme to support Early Career Health Researchers
18th November 2021
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has launched a new Fellowship scheme to provide 3 years of funding to researchers that have just completed a PhD and are looking to take the n...
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New guidance published on set up of interventional research activity at NHS/HSC organisations
17th November 2021
The Health Research Authority (HRA), alongside the devolved administrations, have published new guidance to support the set up of interventional research projects research act...
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Glasgow Clinical Research Facility wins Student Placement of the Year award
9th November 2021
The Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (GCRF) has been credited for its exceptional student placement programme, winning the “Student Placement of the Year: Hospital&rdq...
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