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Almost three years on from the approval in the UK of the first COVID-19 vaccine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) pays tribute to the scientists who developed the technology behind the mRNA COVID vaccines, Dr Katalin Kariko...
Guidance on naming human medicines, including Braille requirements for the name on the product label.
Sponsorship and networking activities of the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
Reviews barriers to drug-resistant TB-HIV treatment. Proposes an alternative model to conventional approaches
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A cutting-edge trauma casualty simulation mannequin, invented and developed by a UK clinician and funded by the Ministry of Defence, has been used for the first time in a full-scale field hospital training exercise.
Devon plumber given suspended sentence after abusing Bounce Back Loan Scheme for his own personal living expenses.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mr Justice Bourne on 24 April 2024.
To mark 200 years since a UK schoolboy broke convention and invented the game of rugby, the UK’s enduring legacy of audacious creativity and innovation will be celebrated in the build-up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup with a run...
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