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Speed of delivery should be front and centre in the UK’s drive to be a Life Sciences leader

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03 Apr Health

Speed of delivery should be front and centre in the UK’s drive to be a Life Sciences leader

WSP’s Claire Gott discusses the importance of delivering major pharmaceutical and laboratory infrastructure to drive the UK towards its future as a global leader in Life Sciences.

New report highlights how a holistic approach to pharmacy can transform healthcare delivery

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06 Dec 2023 Health

New report highlights how a holistic approach to pharmacy can transform healthcare delivery

The report argues that a new approach to pharmacy will unlock its full potential across local communities and the country.

Now is the time to spark a new prevention revolution in healthcare

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15 Nov 2022 Health

Now is the time to spark a new prevention revolution in healthcare

While the principle of prevention is universally accepted, shifting the dial more strongly towards it and away from reactive, emergency approaches has been an elusive challenge for governments around the world. Yet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to use innovation in novel ways to drive a new revolution in prevention. Rhulani Nhlaniki, Pfizer’s UK Vaccines Lead discusses the challenge.

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25 Aug 2022 Health

Global Expansion: Psychiatry Consortium Welcomes New International Partner

Medicines Discovery Catapult Welcome Shionogi to the Psychiatry Consortium.

Brexit has brought with it the opportunity to transform the UK's life-sciences sector

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19 May 2021 Coronavirus

Brexit has brought with it the opportunity to transform the UK's life-sciences sector

If the UK is going to position itself as a global destination for medical innovation, we must embrace and support cutting edge technology and widen access to world-class standards of care.

Let's use this Budget to reform R&D tax credits and kickstart a recovery for British manufacturing

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26 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

Let's use this Budget to reform R&D tax credits and kickstart a recovery for British manufacturing

We need to harness the energy of British science for the task of rebuilding our economy. Bringing capital expenditure into R&D tax credits is a simple, rapidly self-financing way to kick-start growth.

03 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

No one is safe, until everyone is safe – there can’t be global vaccine access without breaking Big Pharma monopolies

Broken promises, limited vaccine roll-out, and now the EU export threat, are stark reminders why we can’t leave the global pandemic response to the whims of the profit-driven pharmaceutical sector.

WATCH: How can we ensure patients access innovative medicines quickly?

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29 Jan 2021 Coronavirus

WATCH: How can we ensure patients access innovative medicines quickly?

What can the UK Government and others do to ensure the system keeps pace with scientific developments, helping patients overcome delays in accessing innovative new medicines?

Patients must enjoy a higher standard of care – from diagnosis to treatment

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14 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

Patients must enjoy a higher standard of care – from diagnosis to treatment

Whilst treatment advances and new care models have driven some improvements over the last decade, there is still much more that needs to be done.

How can the UK handle the future threat of pandemics?

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20 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

How can the UK handle the future threat of pandemics?

Following a virtual parliamentary event hosted by Pfizer UK and the UK Sepsis Trust on ‘Future Infection Threats’, Dr Ron Daniels, Executive Director of the UK Sepsis Trust and Susan Rienow, Head of Pfizer UK’s Hospital Business Unit, explain why there is an urgent need for political action and call for a national strategy on global infection threats.

Increasing vaccination uptake is a priority that must not be overlooked

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16 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Increasing vaccination uptake is a priority that must not be overlooked

While a public better protected from disease – regardless of age – is within our reach, we will only make the most of today’s vaccines if we work together to overcome existing barriers and level up access

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29 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Focusing on Blood Cancer Post-Covid-19

We are living in difficult times, and there are many competing challenges for the NHS at present, but we must keep cancer as a priority.

04 Aug 2020 Brexit

Ministers accused of ‘putting Brexit ideology ahead of lives’ after asking firms to stockpile drugs for no-deal

Ministers are being accused of putting “Brexit ideology ahead of people's lives” after asking drugs firms to begin stockpiling medicines for a potential no-deal Brexit.

01 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

US is ‘undermining’ coronavirus response by buying up global supply of Remdesivir drug, minister claims

Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi has suggested the US is “undermining” efforts to fight coronavirus after it bought up the global supply of potential treatment Remdesivir.

08 Jun 2020 Health

Henry VIII powers in the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill must be limited

I have put down an Opposition amendment which will be discussed today, which would limit the powers to two years before requiring Parliamentary approval to extend them.