Forty new rare disease programmes entering the clinic over the next decade. This is the goal of a new collaboration between Oxford University and the Harrington Discovery Institute, which aims to put up to £200M into getting projects out academic labs and into clinical development  

The role of science in informing policy has never been more explicit – or at times more controversial - than in the response to COVID-19. A new report examines the fallout and how the scientific advice system can be improved    

Researchers relieved after Commission says there is no need for a legislative proposal to reach the goal of phasing out the use of animals in research, but it will continue to fund the development of alternatives

Experts are calling for more regulatory action to bring precision medicine to the market, as big data enables more personalised treatments and prevention

The Commission is set to update legislation on genetic engineering of crops, with its proposal to be presented in July. There will be opposition from environmental groups that want the 2001 blanket ban to be retained

A drop off in the number of commercially led trials has had an opportunity cost for UK taxpayers of an estimated £360 million over the past five years, says government commissioned review

Delays in getting the CE mark for medical devices are stretching the resources of European start-ups and forcing some to turn their attention to the US

The initiative is backed by over 1.2 million people - but science and academic groups warn it would be a devastating blow for EU health research. A ban ‘would endanger the lives of millions of people’ says one MEP

Long-awaited Commission proposals to reform EU’s pharmaceutical legislation seek to improve access to medicines and promote innovation, but companies say they will drive investment out of Europe

Already overdue, the new pharmaceutical strategy will not be published tomorrow as promised. The Commission says the proposal will arrive ‘slightly later’, as tensions fly high over how to incentivise industrial R&D