The UK’s Human Genetic Commission has drawn up a set of principles for consumer gene testing that it hopes can form the basis of an international code of practice.

The research charity Cancer Research UK has set up its own £18 million manufacturing unit to make biopharmaceuticals for use in clinical trials.

As it takes an axe to quangos from education to health, the UK government is laying plans for a new single body to supervise clinical trials.

A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology in India to support the development of new healthcare products in India.