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Saturday 26 September 2026

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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya

NIH is pulling the plug on foreign research grants

A new policy from the NIH in the US will cut billions of dollars of funding for research organisations and hospitals outside the US.

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Senator Susan Collins, chair of the Appropriations Committee

Senior Republican hits out at Trump's research funding cuts

The Republican chair of the Appropriations Committee has slammed the Trump administration for actions that are putting US biomedical research at risk.

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female researchers looking at results on a computer screen

Driving innovation and improving patient outcomes through in...

Achieving diversity and inclusion in medical research is essential for advancing healthcare, discovering novel drug therapies, and achieving overall health equity.

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AstraZeneca's Discovery Centre in Cambridge

AZ backs up threat of manufacturing shift from Europe

AstraZeneca has said it is considering a shift in the production of some medicines from Europe to the US in order to sidestep potential tariffs.

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NEJM responds to claims of bias from Justice Department

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has hit back at assertions of bias in its editorial policies from Republican activist Edward Martin Jr.

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AstraZeneca joins Tempus, Pathos in cancer AI project

AstraZeneca has started work with Tempus and Pathos AI on a $200m project to build a comprehensive multimodal foundation model for oncology.