New UK ADR research centre set up
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Executive Summary
Four pharmaceutical companies and the UK Medical Research Councilare among the financial supporters of a new centre aimed at reducing the risks of adverse drug effects. The MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science will be based at the University of Liverpool's school of biomedical sciences and will provide training programmes for clinical and non-clinical drug safety scientists. It will be led by director Professor Kevin Park and will also involve researchers at Manchester University. The centre has received £3.7 million in funding from the MRC, and companies supporting the centre includeAstraZeneca, Novartis, PfizerandMerck & Co.