Senate bill would ease budget pain for some agencies
The Senate passed a 2013 spending plan today that would ease the blow of mandatory budget cuts to some US science funding agencies — but only slightly. Read more
The Senate passed a 2013 spending plan today that would ease the blow of mandatory budget cuts to some US science funding agencies — but only slightly. Read more
If UK researchers thought they would catch a sneak glimpse of June’s hotly-anticipated multi-year spending plan for science in today’s 2013 budget, they were disappointed. In his budget speech, Chancellor George Osborne gave a tantalising hint that “existing protections” would apply for future spending – meaning that research budgets may be left undamaged – but made no specific mention of science. Read more
In a fourth series of cuts in six years, UK-based drug firm AstraZeneca said yesterday that it would cut 1,600 staff – 1,300 of whom are researchers, about 10% of the company’s current research capacity – in a restructuring plan that would see scientists concentrated in three major research sites: Cambridge, UK; Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Mölndal, Sweden. Read more
Bioethicists proposed limits today on the types of clinical trials of anthrax vaccine and other drugs and vaccines aimed at bioterror agents that can be conducted in children. Read more
More needs to be done at the global level to ensure that researchers release all relevant data from clinical trials, experts told a House of Commons committee that is investigating openness in research. Read more
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline will close Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a firm intent on developing compounds that stave off age-related disease — and one of GSK’s most contentious acquisitions. Read more
The danger of antibiotic resistant bacteria should be placed alongside pandemic influenza and terrorism on the UK government’s list of threats to national security, the country’s most senior medic has advised. Read more
Sseven scientists, engineers and government officials who were found guilty of manslaughter after the 2009 earthquake in the city of L’Aquila all filed their appeals against the verdict in time for a 6 March deadline. Read more
For the second year in a row, scientists in India feel let down by a government that promises large funding boosts for research — but isn’t delivering the goods in its budget. Read more
The world needs better patient registries, improved treatments, and more research if it is to tackle the international challenge posed by cancer, according to an international panel of leading cancer organizations. Read more
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