The end of Public Health England?
Media reports suggest that the body will be ‘scrapped and replaced’ to improve pandemic protection in the country
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New £1.3m national research programme to evaluate coronavirus tests
The multicentre programme will evaluate new tests in hospitals, GP surgeries and care homes around the country
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New coronavirus saliva test to be trialled in Southampton
Over 14,000 GP staff, other essential key workers and university staff and their households will participate in the first phase of the trial
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Gov’t unveils coronavirus antibody testing scheme
10 million tests have so far have been secured in a ‘landmark deal’ with industry, including Roche Diagnostics and Abbott Labs
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UK’s coronavirus testing capacity has been ‘inadequate’, Committee finds
A 19-page letter to the Prime Minister details ten key lessons the UK government should learn from its experience of handling the pandemic so far
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Coronavirus testing expanded in England
Employers and employees will be able to book a test directly for themselves or members of their household who are experiencing symptoms
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Government to extend coronavirus testing
Frontline workers now eligible for testing will include the police, the fire service, frontline benefits workers and those working with vulnerable children and adults among others
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Health secretary lays out plans for 100,000 coronavirus tests a day
Testing for those with a medical need and the most critical workers is to rise to 25,000 a day by mid-to-late April
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GPs should test for HIV in routine appointments
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is recommending that HIV testing is routinely offered to millions of people living in areas with a high prevalence of the disease.
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New project explores use of animals in drug safety testing
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) have announced a new collaboration to explore whether the safety testing of medicines can be refined.
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- Transgene completes randomisation in phase 2 trial of tg4050
- Bayer wins MHRA approval for Kerendia in heart failure
- Oxford BioTherapeutics signs collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb
- Kainova expands DT 7012 trial into Europe
- Amgen reports positive phase 3 results for subcutaneous TEPEZZA in thyroid eye disease
