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SUMMARY:Regulating Innovation: Policy-Making in Reproductive Technologies 
 - Mr Peter Thompson: Chief Executive\, Human Fertilisation and Embryology 
 Authority
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DTEND:20200128T193000Z
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CONTACT:Krishna Amin
DESCRIPTION:Regulation is often thought to restrict scientific innovation.
  Yet the UK has a track record of innovation in the life sciences in gener
 al and in assisted reproduction in particular\, where regulation is robust
  and well-established. In this talk\, Peter Thompson argues that policy-ma
 king in reproductive technologies in the UK is best seen as a ‘bargain
 ’ between  science and society\, which enhances public trust and creates
  the conditions that encourages scientific and clinical innovation. Peter 
 Thompson is the Chief Executive of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology 
 Authority. He is a career civil servant who has worked in several governme
 nt departments\, including the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office.
 \n\nPeter Thompson became the Chief Executive of the HFEA\, the body respo
 nsible for the regulation of assisted reproduction therapies\, like IVF\, 
 and research involving human embryos\, in 2012. Before joining the HFEA he
  worked as a civil servant for a number of Government departments\, includ
 ing the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office. Among a variety of rol
 es\, Peter was responsible for the Government’s policy on the legal reco
 gnition of transsexual people\, EU justice policy and the Prime Minister
 ’s programme of constitutional renewal. Peter became an external member 
 of the Council of Queen Mary University of London in 2017.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Road
 \, Cambridge
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