India and the UK have launched a £10-million collaborative research programme that will address issues of affordability, prevention and care of cancer by bringing together Indian and UK experts across clinical research. The five-year initiative will be funded by India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and UK's Cancer Research UK (CRUK) programme. DBT and CRUK will invest equally at £5 million each. DBT Secretary Renu Swarup and CRUK Chair Leszek Borysiewicz signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the partnership this week at a summit in Delhi attended by scientists, researchers, epidemiologists, clinicians, public health professionals and representatives of the industry. Nick Grant, Cancer Research UK's executive director of international partnerships, said: “The partnership provides will seek to find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer with a focus on affordable approaches. It has potential for global impact and by working across borders.”