Hematology Association of Ireland Clinical, Education and Scientific Research Sub-Committees
Research and Education / Travel Grants
The Haematology Association of Ireland invites submissions from interested individuals to the Scholarship fund for the following awards.
The Taoiseach Mr Bertie Ahern recently opened the new €1.5 million Mater University Hospital Institute for Cancer Research, the new Department of Postgraduate Education and the Fintan Gunne Lecture Theatre, all at 48 Eccles Street, Dublin.
Tánaiste, Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children will focus on the need to harness research and development potential within the Health Services, tonight, 7 October 2004, when she opens a seminar organised by the Health Research Board.
Thursday September 30, 11:28 am ET
By Linda A. Johnson, AP Business Writer
Merck Stops Vioxx Sales Due to Data Showing Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke; Stock Falls
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. is halting worldwide sales of its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx, once viewed as possibly being able to prevent some cancers, because new data from a clinical trial found an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Its stock price plunged more than 26 percent as the company said the recall will hurt its earnings.
The listings for the Irish Abstracts Presented at ASCO 2004
Minutes of Meeting held by Irish Council for Bioethics on ethical requirements for clinical trials on 23rd March in the Royal Irish Academy
Attendees: Ethics committee chairmen and secretaries, Health Research Board and ICORG. Prepared by : Siobhan Gaynor 24th March 2004
Speaker: Mr Tom McGuinn Chief Pharmacist Dept of Health & Children
Medicine Weekly 11 February 2004
Scientists say EU is delaying life-saving drugs – The Irish Times 12 September 2003
ICORG first research organisation in Europe to achieve such affiliation – (4th September 2003)
The Irish Clinical Oncology Research Group (ICORG), which continues to attract major international oncology research programme to Ireland, has announced today that it has become affiliate members of one of the premier American cancer research organizations; The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP).
The Irish Times 25 August 2003
A new unit at St. James’s Hospital is helping to bring cutting-edge research to leukaemia patients, writes Dr. Muiris Houston