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    2012

  1. Academy response to Queen's speech
    9 May 2012
  2. New Fellows elected 2012
    9 May 2012
  3. Academy announces five year vision to improve health through research
    26 April 2012
  4. Statement on mitochondrial diseases
    19 January 2012

    5. 2011

  5. Response to Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
    8 December 2011
  6. Academy welcomes the Prime Minister’s commitments to the life sciences
    5 December 2011
  7. Sir John Tooke begins Presidency at the Academy of Medical Sciences
    25 November 2011
  8. Animals containing human material
    21 July 2011
  9. Academy welcomes research-focussed revisions to the Health Bill
    14 June 2011
  10. New President elected
    10 June 2011
  11. New Fellows elected 2011
    10 May 2011
  12. Treatments to avoid transmission of mitochondrial disease
    19 April 2011
  13. 2011 Budget announcement
    23 March 2011
  14. A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research
    10 January 2011

    15. 2010

  15. Health co-benefits of policies to tackle climate change
    25 November 2010
  16. Statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review
    20 October 2010
  17. Statement on the health of women and children
    21 September 2010
  18. Public dialogue shows support for the use of animals containing human material
    15 September 2010
  19. Cuts to public spending on research will jeopardise funding for medical research
    8 September 2010
  20. Academy response to the appointment of the new MRC Chief Executive
    30 July 2010
  21. Academy to conduct review of UK medical research regulation and governance
    25 July 2010
  22. Press briefing - review of UK research regulation and governance
    20 May 2010
  23. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2010
    4 May 2010
  24. Academy seeking public views on research using animals containing human material
    27 March 2010
  25. Damaging gulf growing between teaching and research in UK universities
    26 March 2010
  26. Political leaders must put medical science at the heart of the next Government
    11 January 2010

    27. 2009

  27. Academy statement on climate change
    25 November 2009
  28. Academy launches study on the use of animals containing human material
    10 November 2009
  29. Statement in response to the sacking of Professor David Nutt
    3 November 2009
  30. Costs of aging population could dwarf economic downturn
    28 September 2009
  31. Research links between the UK and the Middle East strengthened
    10 September 2009
  32. Action needed to realise the potential of new genetic studies
    7 July 2009
  33. Genomic medicine statement
    6 July 2009
  34. Academy makes recommendations to build clinical academic capacity
    19 May 2009
  35. Better use of diagnostic tests needed to address global burden of disease
    5 May 2009
  36. New Fellows Elected to the Academy 2009
    30 April 2009
  37. Swine flu statement
    28 April 2009
  38. 2009 Budget statement
    22 April 2009

    39. 2008

  39. Economic benefits of medical research
    26 November 2008
  40. Honorary Fellows elected
    26 November 2008
  41. £5m start up funds announced for Clinical Lecturers
    1 October 2008
  42. New Headquarters for Academy of Medical Sciences
    6 August 2008
  43. Academy statement on the Data Sharing Review
    11 July 2008
  44. Brain science, addiction and drugs
    22 May 2008
  45. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2008
  46. 2008 Budget statement
    12 March 2008
  47. Secretary of State for Health’s response to Aspiring to Excellence
    4 March 2008
  48. Academy statement on 41 Portland Place
    24 January 2008
  49. Academy response to The Tooke Report
    8 January 2008

    50. 2007

  50. Identifying the environmental causes of disease
    27 November 2007
  51. Academy response to Comprehensive Spending Review
    9 October 2007
  52. Academy statement on Government response to Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft)Bill
    8 October 2007
  53. Academy recommends changes in academic medical training in response to MMC
    19 July 2007
  54. Contract awarded to assess the economic benefits of UK medical research
    2 July 2007
  55. Inter-species embryo research vital for understanding and treating human disease
    15 June 2007
  56. Research funders and Government support strategy for non-human primate research
    12 June 2007
  57. Academy statement on academic boycotts
    6 June 2007
  58. New Fellows Elected to Academy
    30 April 2007
  59. Achievements of women scientists recognised
    29 April 2007
  60. Website launched to promote careers in bioscience
    25 April 2007
  61. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s Hybrid Embryo report
    5 April 2007
  62. Public say drug laws are ‘confusing and inconsistent’
    27 March 2007
  63. New system of doctors training threatens future of UK clinical research
    16 March 2007
  64. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report on the Cooksey Review
    15 March 2007
  65. Peninsula Medical School chosen by Academy for first Visiting Lecture
    27 February 2007
  66. Systems Biology: a vision for engineering and medicine
    1 February 2007
  67. Academy launches national debate on drugs and drug use
    31 January 2007

    68. 2006

  68. The Use of Non-Human Primates in Research
    12 December 2006
  69. Academy Response to Cooksey Review
    6 December 2006
  70. Pandemic Influenza: science to policy
    20 November 2006
  71. Academy fellow highlights the challenges and opportunities in global health
    16 November 2006
  72. Medical science can contribute to reducing violent crime
    19 October 2006
  73. Better evidence needed to demonstrate the health and wealth benefits derived fro
    10 June 2006
  74. Academy of Medical Sciences appoints new President
    13 April 2006
  75. Personal data research means better healthcare
    17 January 2006

    76. 2005

  76. Safer medicines
    22 November 2005
  77. Quality not quantity is the key to successful research fellowships
    28 July 2005
  78. Academy response to Foresight Drugs Futures 2025 report
    13 July 2005

    79. 2004

  79. Better medicines for children
    17 August 2004
  80. Scientists urge government to call time on Britain’s excessive drinking
    4 March 2004
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Academy response to Foresight Drugs Futures 2025 report

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Summary:

Professor Sir Keith Peters, President of The Academy of Medical Sciences, welcomed the Government’s invitation for the Academy to undertake an independent review of the strategic choices identified by the Foresight report Drugs Futures 2025.

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