News from the World of Clinical Research

International Clinical Researcher of the Year 2020

Raising standards in clinical research for over 20 years.

Designed to challenge, recognise and reward the talent and passion of industry and academic researchers, the PharmaTimes International Clinica…

Industry shoots down Labour's plans to tackle 'extortionate' drug prices

Labour's promise to “take on pharmaceutical companies” which “deny life-saving and life-changing medicines to ill patients by charging extortionate prices” has not gone down well with industry represe…

NHS will not pay for 'life-changing' migraine drug

A migraine drug that has been described as "life changing" by some patients will not be made available on the NHS outside of Scotland.

Erenumab - also known by the name Aimovig - is one of the first b…

Cancer centers stretching to keep up with pharma's oncology interest

A boom in cancer drug development has flooded the nation's largest research institutions with clinical trial requests, which some say are making the system bloated and inefficient.

Alarm as uptake drops for all routine child jabs

Coverage for all the routine childhood vaccinations for the under-fives has fallen in the past year, figures show.

NHS data for 2018-19 showed uptake of the first dose of the MMR vaccine fell from 91.…

New research analyzes video game player engagement

Study examines how video game players engage in their chosen game and how they respond to different motivations. For games with in-game purchasing features, the more rounds or levels a person plays, t…

Third Edition Of The Book Of ‘Medical Law And Research’

This publication still remains an indispensable medico-legal reference text reference work for healthcare, managerial,  administrative and research professionals involved in bioresearch, whether they …

Fastest drop in smoking rates in over a decade

As Stoptober, a national campaign to get people to stop smoking over the month of October, looms, figures show that smoking rates in England are dropping at the fastest rate in over a decade.

CBD may alleviate seizures and benefit behaviors in people with neurodevelopmental conditions

A single exposure to CBD reduced seizure severity and improved both motor deficits and abnormal brain activity in mouse models of Angelman syndrome

How aspirin became a wonder drug against heart disease and cancer

WE HAVE known for a while there was something about the willow tree. Hippocrates, the “father of medicine”, recommended chewing willow bark as a remedy for pain and fever in the 5th century BC, as wel…