NHS England postpones activity on the Commercial Framework
NHS England has announced that it will be pausing activity on the Commercial Framework during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. NHS England has taken this decision […]
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Payment by results paused during the COVID-19 outbreak
In an urgent letter, NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens and NHS Chief Operating Officer Amanda Pritchard confirmed that the operational planning process for 2020/21 has […]
UK commits to contributing £210 million to the global search for a COVID-19 vaccine
The UK will contribute £210 million to global efforts to identify a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19), it was announced on 26 March 2020. Following a […]
New technologies introduced to aid in the fight against COVID-19
Two new technologies have been introduced to help combat the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). These innovations build on the following technological approaches used to date in […]
NICE switches its focus to diagnostic or therapeutic interventions for COVID-19
In light of the operational challenges to normal work programmes created by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NICE has announced that it will be prioritising and only publishing […]
Human monoclonal antibody candidates against SARS-CoV-2 identified
The pharmaceutical company Vir Biotech recently published a press release announcing that it has identified multiple candidate human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against SARS-CoV-2, the virus underlying […]