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Human Health Policy


The RSC has a well established and widespread policy programme which is constantly growing and moving forward to keep you informed and up to date on current scientific and education issues.

See below for a list of RSC policy documents and reports published within the last 3 years and relevant to the Human Health roadmap area.

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Medicinal Chemistry

Chemistry skills for drug discovery

11 April 2013

An RSC position paper describing the changes that have taken place in the drug discovery sector and the challenges this presents



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Chemistry for Better Health White Paper

10 October 2012

Chemistry for Better Health summarises the outcomes of the third annual CS3 in September 2011, which focused on advances in chemistry for modern medicine.



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Healthcare Innovation in the UK

21 June 2011

An RSC position statement on the current state of the pharmaceutical industry and recommendations for the future of the sector



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Supporting the future discovery of new medicines in the UK

21 May 2010

An RSC position statement on the current state of the pharmaceutical industry and recommendations for the future of the sector



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Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into Bioengineering

25 January 2010

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) welcomed the opportunity to present its views in response to the Commons Science and Technology Committee's inquiry into Bioengineering.



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