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AGILE is a UK clinical trial platform for rapid clinical evaluation of potential COVID treatments.
A major clinical trial platform designed for the rapid clinical evaluation of potential COVID-19 treatments has received a multi-million pound funding boost to aid its expansion.
The AGILE testing platform, co-led by researchers at the NIHR Southampton Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Southampton, has received £3.2m from the UK government’s Department of Health and Social Care to fast track the clinical trials of innovative treatments against the coronavirus.
Awarded by the Medical Research Council and co-funded through the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), this new money will allow AGILE’s activity to be expanded nationally into five UK centres, and complements funding from the Wellcome Trust and UNITAID in addition to funding announcements from industry.
New Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM).
From:
The
CHM provides independent expert advice to ministers on the safety, quality and efficacy of medicines. It is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Health Minister Lord Bethell said:
I am pleased to confirm Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (
CHM).
He provides a wealth of clinical experience and expertise in pharmacology, genetics and the safety of medicines. He will lead the
ICU Doctor describes enormous strain as covid continues to hammer city hospitals
New transmissions are dropping but severe illness lags behind infection rates
18:47, 7 FEB 2021
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Staff in the intensive care unit of the Royal Liverpool Hospital during the Covid pandemic
A senior ICU doctor has described the struggle to keep up with the flow of covid patients despite falling infection rates.
Infection rates are around 305 cases per 100,000 people in Liverpool, down from a peak of more than 1,000 cases within the past month.
But the pressure on the NHS remains extreme, as rises in severe illness lag behind rising infection rates.
Hero NHS doctors, nurses and staff that have died on the frontline of the coronavirus battle
Yet this list is still likely to be missing many of the true number of workers who have died
04:00, 6 FEB 2021
Ann Shepherd who died after contracting the Covid-19 virus (Image: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS)
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