NOCRI Conference in partnership with the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry and the BioIndustry Association - upcoming

We somehow managed to miss this last week - will be happening 24th November this year:

Health Research: Easier, Better, Faster National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure conference in partnership with the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry and the BioIndustry Association Royal College of Physicians 24 November 2011

The National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI) announces a major, national conference featuring the UK’s leaders in translational research. The conference brings together inspirational speakers from industry, academia, the NHS and the public sector. They will discuss new strategic initiatives and provide key updates in relation to ‘Health Research: Easier, Better, Faster’.

The conference will showcase cutting edge translational research that world-leading clinical academics are carrying out today. It will highlight how the nation’s strengths and expertise is being harnessed to deliver benefits for industry, the NHS and patients.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality, Department of Health
• Professor Dame Sally C Davies, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health
• Sir John Savill, Chief Executive and Deputy Chair, Medical Research Council
• Mark Samuels, Managing Director, NOCRI
• Dr Allison Jeynes-Ellis, Medical and Innovation Director, ABPI
• Nigel Gaymond, Chief Executive, BIA
• Professor Ratko Djukanovic, Director NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit
• Professor Peng Tee Khaw, Moorfields Eye Hospital/ UCL Institute of Ophthalmology NIHR Biomedical Research Centre

This exciting conference is for senior decision makers within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, will consist of a series of plenary sessions and presentations, followed by panel discussions lead by recognised leaders in translational research. NOCRI is organising the conference in partnership with the ABPI and BIA.

For further information contact NOCRI@nihr.ac.uk or visit the BIA website at www.bioindustry.org/cgi-bin/events.pl?CD=4128

27 October 2011