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Jump in Irish people willing to take part in clinical trials – survey

A growing number of people would take part in a clinical trial, a new survey has suggested. According to a nationwide survey carried out by market research company Behaviour & Attitudes on behalf of Cancer Trials Ireland, 60% of people would be ...

20 May 2022 at 06:00

Project launched to bust myth that cancer is a ‘white person’s disease’

More must be done to get black, Asian and ethnic minority people to participate in breast cancer trials, experts have said, as they warned that people from these backgrounds have been under-represented in previous studies. Medics said that ...

31 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Health & Wellbeing

Project launched to bust myth that cancer is a ‘white person’s disease’

31 Aug 2023 at 12:13

New campaign hopes to boost jab numbers

Experts have launched a new campaign in a bid to boost waning vaccine uptake by giving people more information about how clinical trials work. Researchers hope to alleviate hesitancy by showing with a simple animation and comic the ...

06 Dec 2023 at 08:21

Ireland

Ireland a ‘laggard’ in clinical trials, Donnelly says

Ireland is a “laggard” when it comes to clinical trials for cancer treatments, the minister for health has said. Stephen Donnelly made the remarks as world-leading healthcare experts gathered in Dublin for a conference aimed at ...

25 Apr 2024 at 13:44

Life sciences sector to get £650m boost in new Government funding package

A shake-up of planning rules to free up lab space and efforts to encourage pension schemes to invest in emerging science and technology firms will all form part of a new £650 million funding package for the UK’s life sciences ...

25 May 2023 at 23:15

Medics launch £1.8m trial to identify heart patients for lifesaving devices

A £1.8 million clinical trial has been launched with the aim of precisely targeting heart patients who need tiny defibrillators to be fitted under their skin with the aim of reducing deaths from sudden cardiac arrests. ...

09 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Women with difficult-to-treat ovarian cancer offered hope by new drugs

Women with a type of ovarian cancer that is very difficult to treat have shown remarkable results on a clinical trial testing a new combination of drugs. Almost a third (31%) of women with low-grade serous ovarian ...

19 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Clinical trial hubs to open as part of £400m public-private investment

Up to 18 new clinical trial hubs will open across the UK as part of a £400 million public-private investment aimed at fast-tracking new medicines. Experts said the move will benefit patients by making the NHS a ...

28 Aug 2024 at 12:02

Donanemab – what we know about the latest Alzheimer’s drug

Donanemab can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. But what is the drug and how does it work? Here your questions on the latest development in Alzheimer’s research are answered. – What kind of ...

23 Oct 2024 at 10:00

Health & Wellbeing

New vaccine could ‘wipe out’ ovarian cancer – what does it mean and when will it be ready?

Excitement is building as the world’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer is being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford. The hope is that the jab, named OvarianVax, could be given to ...

04 Oct 2024 at 09:44

Patients to be fast-tracked on to new head and neck cancer vaccine trial

People with head and neck cancer in England will be fast-tracked on to a clinical trial for a “potentially transformative” vaccine under new NHS plans. The first patients have received the jab, ...

08 Aug 2025 at 00:01

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