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<p>The Department is committed to transparency in publicly funded research, including
medical research. This is primarily delivered through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI),
as a BEIS partner organisation.</p><p>UKRI and its Councils have a long-term commitment
to make the research process and findings as open, understandable and reproducible
as possible, whilst respecting ethical considerations and necessary exceptions. All
UKRI research awards are published on Gateway to Research, along with information
on outputs and research papers, and papers relating to medical research are accessible
to all via the open access repository EuropePMC. UKRI is also currently progressing
the commitment to transparent research in all disciplines through the UKRI Open Access
Review, which aims to increase access to publicly funded research.</p><p>Within UKRI,
the Medical Research Council (MRC) uses additional funding conditions for clinical
trials and intervention studies which require the registration of all clinical trials
and that all results (positive and negative) are publicly available in a timely way,
usually within 12 months.</p><p>Looking wider, UKRI is also working with Universities
UK and other stakeholders to revise and strengthen the Concordat to Support Research
Integrity, including attention to transparency and open communication of research
methods, analysis, and the sharing of negative or null results.</p><p>The transparency
of research funded by other government departments, and their bodies, is not covered
in this response.</p>
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