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Pharmaceutical companies establish million pound annual fund for animal research
science skills training in UK Academia
Pharma Live : July 30, 2004
The three biggest pharmaceutical companies with research and development
operations in the UK - Astra Zeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer - working with
the British Pharmacological Society, have established a joint fund of £1 million a year for the next four years to support research in UK universities in the
fields of pharmacology, physiology and toxicology.
The fund aims to maintain high quality in-vivo (animal) research relevant to the
discovery of new medicines, and thereby support the training of new and existing
scientists in the field. The initiative has received a welcome from the Minister
for Science, Lord Sainsbury.
"Developing and fostering new skills in pharmacology, physiology and toxicology
is essential for the UK science base. The partnership between GSK, AZ, Pfizer
and the British Pharmacological Society will provide valuable additional
research funding which will help to maintain our current position of cutting
edge excellence in this area," he said. |
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