
UK MRC Launches New Funding Round to Back Biomedical Research and New Treatments
UK MRC opens new funding rounds for obesity, precision prevention and biomedical research across the UK.
Funding rounds, strategy and policy decisions shaping life sciences research in the UK.

UK MRC opens new funding rounds for obesity, precision prevention and biomedical research across the UK.

UK invests £50 million in mitochondrial disease research to speed new therapies and improve outcomes for patients.

NICE has opened consultation on a draft PMOS guideline focused on earlier diagnosis and annual review for NHS patients.

NICE proposes annual PMOS reviews and earlier diagnosis in new draft guidance now open for public consultation.

NICE has recommended a new NHS treatment option for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, announced on 24 June 2026.

NICE proposes routine NHS funding for liver preservation machines that could improve transplant access and reduce waiting times.

NICE opens consultation on liver preservation machines that could improve transplant access for patients waiting in England.

NICE has proposed routine NHS use of liver preservation machines to improve transplant access and reduce delays in England.

NICE recommends routine NHS access to nusinersen and risdiplam for certain people with spinal muscular atrophy in England.

NICE recommends rozanolixizumab for uncontrolled generalised myasthenia gravis, bringing a new NHS treatment option in England.