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2012
The use of animals in research and updating regulation
Hosted by Lord Willis of Knaresborough
1 February 2012
Briefing - Animal research (PDF)
Annual dinner
with Professor Sir John Bell and George Freeman MP
30 January 2012
Agenda
Briefing - Health research in 2012 (PDF)
2011
Research in the health and social care bill
25 October 2011
Health and social care bill - Lord's committee stage - briefing on research ammendments (PDF)
AGM and discussion: Proposals to establish a single regulator for health research
Hosted by Dr Julian Huppert MP
13 July 2011
Briefing note (PDF)
The impact of the health reforms on public health research
Breakfast hosted by Dr Julian Huppert MP
28 June 2011
Chairs’ summit to discuss health research
14 June 2011
Briefing
Annual dinner
with Professor Sir Michael Rawlins FMedSci
Sponsored by Margot James MP
28 February 2011
Briefing on regulation review (PDF)
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2010
Showcasing UK medical research – working together for patients, society and the economy
Summer reception
19 July 2010
Speakers:
Lord Turnberg, chair of the APPG on Medical Research
David Willets, minister of state for universities and science
Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust
Claire Daniels, cancer survivor
Julian Huppert MP, (host) member of APPG on Medical Research
Members' Dining Room, House of Commons
News release | programme
Annual dinner
with Dr Venki Ramakrishnan
23 February 2010
Agenda
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2009
Mental health research
Breakfast meeting supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
9 December 2009
Speakers:
Dr Lynne Jones MP (chair)
Simon Denegri, chief exececutive, AMRC
Professor Dinesh Bhugra, president, Royal College of Psychiatrists,
Professor Clair Chilvers, Mental Health Research UK
Background briefing
Celebrating the UK’s achievements in medical research – benefiting patients, society and the economy
Summer reception
14 July 2009
Speakers:
Dr Evan Harris MP, vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Medical Research
Lord Turnberg, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Medical Research
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, chief executive, Medical Research Council
Professor Sir John Bell, president, Academy of Medical Sciences
Harpal Kumar, chief executive, Cancer Research UK
Members’ Dining Room, House of Commons
News release | Summary document
The Office for Life Sciences and its implications for medical research charities
Joint meeting of the APPG on Medical Research and APPG Breast Cancer
24 June 2009
Office for Life Sciences presentation
Dr Robert Sullivan, director, Office for Life Sciences
Dr Julia Wilson, head of research programmes & projects, Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Dr Sophie Petit-Zeman, head of external relations, Association of Medical Research Charities
Quintessential ‘Counting for Health’, smart PQs, and statistical surgery
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) and APPG Medical Research together with Medical Research Council’s Biostatistics Unit
6 May 2009
Programme
Patient data
Breakfast meeting
4 March 2009
Patient data Q&A
AGM and annual dinner
21 January 2009
Agenda
Minutes
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2008
The human fertilisation and embryology bill and human 'admixed' embryos
6 May 2008
Meeting notes
Invitiation
Professor Martin Bobrow FRS FMedSci, Emeritus Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge
Dr Lyle Armstrong, Institute of Human Genetics University of Newcastle upon Tyne International Centre for Life (TBC)
Professor Tariq Enver, MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Professor Peter Braude FMedSci, Director of the Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis Programme
Geraldine Peacock, former Charity Commissioner for England and Wales and Vice President of the Parkinson’s Disease Society
What will the new UK Centre for Medical Research & Innovation in London mean for research and patients?
30 January 2008
Meeting notes
Press release
Professor Mark Walport, director, The Wellcome Trust
Nick Winterton, executive director, Medical Research Council
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2007
A healthy future for UK medical research
Dinner
20 November 2007
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz FMedSci, chief executive, Medical Research Council
Professor John Bell PMedSci, president, Academy of Medical Sciences and Chair OSCHR
Harpal Kumar, chief executive, Cancer Research UK
Simon Denegri, chief executive, Association of Medical Research Charities
Pandemic influenza
26 March 2007
Pandemic influenza: science into policy
Royal Society & Academy of Medical Sciences
Half-baked or fully cooked: what does the Cooksey review mean for UK health research?
25 January 2007
Meeting notes
An MRC perspective
Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive, Medical Research Council
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2006
More than just meets the eye: the economic and social benefits of medical and health research
24 October 2006
Meeting notes
Medical research: assessing the benefits to society
Professor Martin Roland, director, National Primary Care Research & Development Centre, University of Manchester
Measuring the returns to medical R&D in the UK
Professor Alistair McGuire, chair of health economics, London School of Economics
Welfare and regulation of research using animals
19 July 2006
NC3Rs - An overview of the UK 3Rs Centre
Dr Vicky Robinson, chief executive, NC3Rs
Legal responsibilities and regulation
Dame Nancy Rothwell, professor or physiology, University of Manchester
Second reading
26 June 2006
Charities Bill
(scroll down towards the bottom of the page)
Single budget for health research
16 May 2006
Meeting notes
The Medical Research Council and the single health research fund
Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive, Medical Research Council
Lords debate
11 May 2006
Medical research and its science base in the UK
The uses and abuses of data about patients
28 March 2006
Meeting notes
Personal health data in medical research
Professor Robert Souhami, emeritus professor of medicine, University College London
Personal data for public good: using health information in medical research
Academy of Medical Sciences
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2005
APPG on Medical Research
Inaugural meeting
13 December 2005
Agenda
Meeting notes
Update on the impact of the EU clinical trials directive on non-commercial research
Dr Richard Sullivan, director of clinical programmes, Cancer Research UK
The importance of partnership & the UKCRC
Dr Mark Walport, director, The Wellcome Trust
The challenges from the perspective of a small research funding charity
Catherine Arkley, director, Children’s Liver Disease Foundation
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