Karen Spink
@innovatekaren
Head of Medicines at Innovate UK
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk 04-02-2020 18:50:18
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Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Matt Hancock has confirmed further investments in our cutting-edge projects: newborn sequencing, next-gen approaches to #cancerdiagnosis & addressing underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in genomic datasets. gov.uk/government/spe…
Launching soon: the first funding call from the Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator Natalia Huber. It will support consortia of academic and industrial experts to address barriers to the manufacture and delivery of synthetic nucleic acid medicines. Learn more: orlo.uk/sTdsY
Regions receiving the most R&D funding exhibit the greatest variation within the region, so... "When we think about levelling up, we need to put on our 'granularity goggles' and ask at what level of granularity are we looking? And what measures to use?" Grace Gottlieb 🥽
UK life sciences vision for an inclusive approach to strengthen the sector involving Govt, industry, NHS and the public. We will tackle key global healthcare and societal challenges. Bring it on!!! Very ready to get stuck in to delivering this assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Two more mentors for our Reactor company growth programme - welcome Harry J Barraza LGC & Karen Spink Innovate UK ! Read more here bit.ly/3ylMbRH about how they'll be helping 10 life sciences companies build an successful path to commercial success
Secretary of State for @beisgovuk, @KwasiKwarteng announces the launch of Innovate UK's #PlanForAction for UK #BusinessInnovation – to deliver the Innovation Strategy and make the UK a global innovation hub by 2035. #InnovateBlog from CEO Indro Mukerjee: ukri.org/blog/uk-plan-f…
Very exciting progress with a potentially game changing needle-free COVID-19 vaccine that has received support and funding from Innovate UK. Innovate UK UK Research and Innovation bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Very timely report released today by the Gov't Office for Science Government Office for Science setting out a narrative about use of genomics in modern economy. It inspires discourse about its app in disease, prevention, forensics and need for in-step policy changes: gov.uk/government/pub…