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5 January 2010
In a message published at the end of last year, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Director General of R&D at the Department of Health recognised 2009 as an incredibly busy and successful year for all t...
23 December 2009
Ten Clinical Trials Units are the latest to be registered by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Clinical Trials Unit Registration Process, which is designed to help improve the quality of availabl...
2 December 2009
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Appointments Commission has announced that Professor Rosalind Smyth, Director of the NIHR Medicines for Children Research Network...
19 November 2009
An article focusing on the impact of Networks on clinical trials in the UK has outlined the 'invaluable assistance' provided by the NIHR Medicines for Children Research Network in supporting a trial i...
11 November 2009
In a letter to the BMJ published on 10 November 2009 (BMJ 2009;339:b4652), Professor Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at University of Oxford outlines his experience of t...
9 November 2009
New INVOLVE report launched on Friday 6 November 2009 by Professor Dame Sally Davies, Director General of Research and Development at the Department of Health. This report ...
30 October 2009
October saw a major step forward for pathology research in the UK with the publication of a report from the National Cancer Research Institute (www.ncri.org.uk). The repo...
8 October 2009
A programme on clinical trials was broadcast on Radio 4 recently in which the journalist and broadcaster Vivienne Pa...
28 September 2009
The NIHR has issued a new Implementation Plan for the NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI). The NOCRI, which will be established by December 2009, will help to facilitate collabora...
24 August 2009
The NIHR has issued a new Implementation Plan for NIHR Research Support Services which aims to improve the quality, speed and efficiency of research and research processes in the NHS by facilitating t...
25 August 2009
Staff based in the NIHR Clinical Research Networks are playing a key...
3 August 2009
The Government's health research strategy Best Research for Best Health aims to create a world class health research system and contains a number of objectives to this end. The NIHR are ...
22 July 2009
Delivering Health Research The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Progress Report for 2008/09 was launched at the NIHR West Midlands 10 July 2009 Regional Confer...
22 July 2009
A "Dear colleague" letter from Professor Dame Sally Davies, Director General of Research and Development and David Flory, Director General of NHS Finance, Performance and Operation...
29 June 2009
New section of the DIPEx Charity website www.healthtalkonline.org Experiences of clinical trials: Healthtalkonline...
1 July 2009
A model Clinical Investigation Agreement (mCIA) for medical technology industry sponsored research carried out in NHS hospitals aims to speed up the contracting process N...
9 June 2009
This information is for the attention of organisations involved in sponsoring or hosting clinical trials. The MHRA has now moved over to a Risk Based Inspection Process. The proc...
29 May 2009
Call for Applications The UKCRC have issued a call for applications from Clinical Trials Units wishing to become a UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit. The deadline for applica...
20 April 2009
Version 1.3 of the Industry Costing Template now available for use Version 1.3 of the Industry Costing Template was launched on 20 April for costing industry sponsored studies. T...
9 April 2009
The beginning of April marks three years since the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) was established to deliver the Government’s health research strategy, Best Research for Best Heal...