Question follow-through · 23355

Drugs: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from faster access to medicines as UK moves away from animal testing in science, published on 12 August 2026, what

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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
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2 Sept 2026
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8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from faster access to medicines as UK moves away from animal testing in science, published on 12 August 2026, what

  2. 2 Sept 2026

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

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    Innovate UK is investing up to £2 million in nine projects aimed at developing and evaluating new approaches to animal-free scientific testing. The projects include the development of beating heart cells in a dish, lab-grown human ear models, human-releva...

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Drugs: Research

11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23355 on Drugs: Research, how much of the £2 million is allocated to each project.