Lung Diseases: Research
(asked on 13th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research on a cure for pulmonary fibrosis.
This question was answered on 20th December 2022
The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In the last five years, the NIHR has funded 14 projects into pulmonary fibrosis with an award value of £12.7 million and supported the delivery of more than 300 studies via its infrastructure, including research on potential treatments.