AKU Society

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This society provides patient support, community building and medical research for people living with Alkaptonuria.

www.akusociety.org

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Charities can ensure the Life Sciences Vision reflects patient priorities
Clinical Trials Participation of Low Socioeconomic Status Patients

Published by the Journal of Dermatology in 2020, this paper explores how to facilitate clinical trial participation of low socioeconomic status patients.
Writing Plain English Summaries

Published by NIHR in 2021, this guidance provides advice on writing research summaries that are accessible to as many people as possible.
Engaging and Involving Communities Guides

Published by EM AHSN in 2021, this series of guides sets out principles for patient and public involvement and how to engage with specific groups of patients and carers.

Mills & Reeve

This law firm is the fourth largest in the UK. They employ 500+ lawyers, 1000+ staff and 120+ partners.
Imperial College Health Partners

The partnership organisation connects unique networks of heath experts to accelerate the adoption and spread of innovation amongst their member organisations.
Innovation Broking

This independent commercial insurance broker specialises in board level advice and risk management services for larger UK based companies.
healthbit

This service is designed to give families, carers and patients more control over their long-term health.
The Nutrition Society

This society is dedicated to advancing the scientific study of nutrition and its application to the maintenance of human health.
The National Cancer Research Institute

This UK-wide partnership between cancer research funders promotes collaboration in cancer research.
Medicines Discovery Catapult

This national facility carries out collaborative R&D exploring and developing new approaches to the discovery of well targeted medicines, diagnostics and biomarkers.
LifeArc

This charity takes forward research findings made by scientist working for the Medical Research Council, as well as working with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and other medical research charities on collaborative research programmes.
Daphne Jackson Trust

This charity is dedicated to returning talented scientists to careers after a break of two years or more.
British Society for Immunology

This society promotes excellence in research, scholarship and clinical practice in immunology to improve human health.