Although the company will continue to pursue "higher-risk, high reward" drug candidates such as pegilodecakin, these will be a smaller part of the portfolio in the future, said Chief Scientific Officer Daniel Skovronsky.

Flair also analysed dozens of open letters published by alumnae of private schools who complained last year about racist abuse they had endured in schools and a lack of black role models among teachers.

The teams' former medic, who is currently facing a fit-to-practise tribunal, paints a stark picture of the gold-medal factory across 66 pages of eye-opening claims within his written defence, which was disclosed over the weekend.

Mr Hancock was today accused of 'sh**ging on the taxpayer' after it was revealed he took his mistress to the G7 summit and claims they may have started their affair a year ago with the shamed Tory who has abandoned his wife Martha and is said to.