December 7, 2006

launch of Duff report

Speakers:
Prof Munir Pirmohamed, Professor of Clinical Pharmacolgy, University of Liverpool
Prof Janet Darbyshire, Director, MRC’s Clinical Trials Unit
Dr Stephen Inglis, Director, National Institute for Biological Standards and Co

The Northwick Park clinical trials tragedy was probably one of the biggest science stories of 2006 with many questions raised about what went wrong and how such an incident could be prevented in future. The Science Media Centre invited Professor Gordon Duff, Chair of the Expert Scientific Group, to brief journalists about their recommendations.