UK centre for asbestos-related medtech R&D "progressing rapidly"
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The establishment in the UK of a National Centre for Asbestos-Related Diseases (NCARD) is "moving forward" and "progressing quite rapidly", MPs have been told. The issue was on the agenda of yesterday evening's meeting of the Asbestos Sub-Committee of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health. Chairman Michael Clapham MP told the committee that a leading UK consultant acting as adviser to the committee had held a number of meetings on the project and "is quite satisfied with the progress being made".