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Review of arm’s-length bodies

Following the Department of Health’s review of arm’s-length bodies (ALB report) we have issued a second call for evidence to inform the Academy's review of the regulation and governance of medical research.

The second call focuses on the proposals in the ALB report with direct relevance to the regulation of medical research and provides  all interested parties with an opportunity to consider the merits of a 'single research regulator'.

Academy Fellow appointed as new MRC Chief Executive

Sir John Savill FRSE FMedSci has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council.

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2010 Sackler Lecture - bookings open

The 2010 Sackler Lecure, RNA silencing: lessons from plants about control of disease in people will be given by Professor Sir David Baulcombe FRS FMedSci at the University of Dundee on 22 September.

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Health White Paper highlights Academy study
The Department of Health White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ states the Academy's Review of the regulation and governance of medical research will be used to consider the legislation affecting medical research, and the bureaucracy that flows from it.
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