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Wessex Research Hubs is delighted to have been successful in our bid to become an officially-designated Commercial Research Delivery Centre, part of a new national network of centres supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). This evolution of our model builds on the success of our four hubs in Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth and Weymouth. Since opening, people from across the region have benefitted from being able to take part in vitally

Researchers have delivered the UK’s first dose in a new pivotal trial using an investigational mRNA vaccine to protect people against potential influenza pandemics such as avian flu (also known as ‘bird flu’). The research will assess the safety and immune response of an investigational mRNA-based A(H5) pandemic influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1018, commonly circulating in birds, with pandemic potential. The study is supported by the National Institute for Health and Care R