The meeting will begin at 12:30 with an introduction from Anita Hanson, Head Research Nurse at the Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine, who has been working in research to help SJS/TEN patients for many years. Christine Randall will speak about the Yellow Card Scheme for reporting adverse drug reactions and the Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Dr Dan Carr will talk about some of the current research taking place at the University of Liverpool that is help

The National Lottery Community Fund Thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund, SJS Awareness UK can support individuals with underlying conditions especially the BAME Community through the pandemic. PHEs report, Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups, found that the highest age standardised diagnosis rates of COVID-19 per 100,000 population were in people of Black ethnic groups. People of Bangladeshi ethnicity had around twice the risk of dea

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 concentrate for solution for injection has been given authorisation for temporary supply by the UK Department of Health and Social Care and the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. This temporary authorisation grants permission for the medicine to be used for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus in individuals aged 16 years of age and over. As with any new medicine in the UK this product will b