The culmination of this trend: Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) is moving its research headquarters to a building on the MIT campus.

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The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is moving research on farm animal viruses from Compton to Pirbright, Surrey.

BBC: Pirbright Institute in Compton village to close

His work on re-imagining how clinical trials are developed is key to moving medical research into the genetic age.

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Capt Roberts worked at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, until the end of the war then spent two years at the War Crimes Investigation Unit, before moving on to a 50-year career in marketing and research.

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