Party Conferences 2015

The Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society jointly hosted panel events at three party conferences in 2015.

Status: Completed

Geographical clusters

Our work on 'Geographical clusters'  aims to bring together the UK's life science clusters to encourage coordinated communication and collaboration in promoting the UK's life sciences ecosystem on a global scale.

Status: Ongoing

Statement on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes

The Academy has signed a pan-European statement supporting the European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.

Status: Ongoing

Real world data

On 17 September 2015, the Academy of Medical Sciences, in partnership with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, held a FORUM workshop on 'Real world evidence' to explore the acceptability of real world evidence.

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Submission to the Productivity Plan inquiry

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Submission to the Science Budget inquiry

The Academy responds to a call from the Science and Technology Committee for evidence to inform its inquiry into the Science Budget.

Status: Ongoing

Submission to the 2015 Spending Review

The Academy responds to a call from the Treasury for evidence to inform the 2015 Spending Review.

Status: Ongoing

Evidence about medicines: our engagement with stakeholders

As part of our workstream on ‘Enhancing the use of scientific evidence to judge the potential benefits and harms of medicines’, the Academy engaged widely with a range of stakeholders.

Status: Completed

Communicating evidence about medicines

As part of our workstream on ‘Enhancing the use of scientific evidence to judge the potential benefits and harms of medicines’, the Academy held two events on the topic of ‘Communicating evidence about medicines’.

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Conflicts of interest workshop

On 27 November 2015, the Academy held a workshop on ‘Conflicts of interest’ as part of its wider workstream on ‘Enhancing the use of scientific evidence to judge the potential benefits and harms of medicines’.

Status: Completed