Reading Time: 4 minutes This week marks global Peer Review Week and we are joining the international science community in celebrating the role that peer reviewers play in the research world. What is peer review and why is it so important? Peer review involves the evaluation and assessment of scientific or academic work by those working in the same…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sally Thompson is the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)’s Communications Officer. Here she blogs about the AMRC and the strong collective voice of medical research charities. Medical research is the UK’s favourite charitable cause, with over 11 million of us giving money to medical research charities in a typical month. Charities want to fund…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last month the UK Government’s Department of Health announced an Early Access to Medicines Scheme. But, what is this new scheme? and what does it mean for people living with MND? The drug trial process The only proven drug to slow progression in MND is riluzole. This is the only drug that has passed all the…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Back in March I mentioned that the Association’s peer review practices were being audited by the Association of Medical Research Charities. I’m pleased to say that we’ve been given a clean bill of health and are now the proud owners of a new AMRC Certificate of Good Practice. With increasing numbers of scientists seeking funding…
