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New Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England appointed HighlightsHighlights Archive

New Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England appointed

A new Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England has been recruited and will support the Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty. Dr Thomas Waite has been placed in the Deputy CMO role, replacing Professor Jonathan Van-Tam who stepped down on 31 March 2022. Among Dr Waite’s responsibilities will be emergency response and preparedness, infectious diseases, vaccines and therapeutics. During the…
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April 22, 2022
Mobile testing trucks provide crucial early lung cancer diagnoses for hundreds HighlightsHighlights Archive

Mobile testing trucks provide crucial early lung cancer diagnoses for hundreds

Mobile testing trucks have been travelling up and down the country to improve early lung cancer diagnosis, with 600 people receiving potentially life-saving early diagnoses so far. Evidence so far has shown a significant rise in early lung cancer diagnosis across the population. The community scheme, which forms part of the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check Programme, has diagnosed patients…
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April 22, 2022
BIVDA member company QuantuMDx wins two Bionow Awards 2021 Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA member company QuantuMDx wins two Bionow Awards 2021

Congratulations to BIVDA member company QuantuMDx on their winning two Bionow Awards 2021 at the ceremony held on Thursday night. The company was shortlisted for three awards, winning two in total: Project of the Year (for their efficient manufacturing of the Q-POC™ product range, and Promising Technologist of the Year (Molly Jowsey, Senior Mechanical Engineer). BIVDA congratulates the team on…
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April 1, 2022
BIVDA meets with Genomics England, NHS England and the Office for Life Sciences to discuss future engagement on genomics Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA meets with Genomics England, NHS England and the Office for Life Sciences to discuss future engagement on genomics

This week Doris-Ann and the Chair of the Genomics Working Party, Dr Philip Beer, had a meeting with the Chief Executive of Genomics England (GEL), Chris Wigley, the deputy director for Genomics at NHS E&I, Alexandra Pickard and the head of Innovation & Growth at the OLS, Colin Wilson. This as following the recent meeting with the working party to…
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April 1, 2022
My First Week at BIVDA – Pamela Muwanga, Operations Support Officer Membership NewsMembership News Archive

My First Week at BIVDA – Pamela Muwanga, Operations Support Officer

I am delighted to introduce myself to you as the Operations Support Officer, joining BIVDA on the 28th March 2022. It is a wonderful opportunity to have joined the team and I’m excited to dive right in. After a warm welcome from my colleagues in my first week, I hit the ground running. Getting involved in meetings and introducing myself…
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April 1, 2022
Update from Department of International Trade Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Update from Department of International Trade

The DIT is working with other government departments to ensure supply chain resilience and the coordination of the UK’s response with regards to the Ukraine Crisis and details can be found here.  Members can find updates on other key updates in the links below. UK-US Dialogue to boost relationship Joint Statement of future of Atlantic Trade UK and US resolve…
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April 1, 2022
Latest Information relating to the Ukraine crisis Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Latest Information relating to the Ukraine crisis

Members were asked to provide details of products they wish to donate. The DHSC would like to receive offers of types of tests for donation, the number of tests available, and the delivery and collection of tests. Members are invited to send their offers to Helen. BIVDA and the DHSC are incredibly grateful for the continued interest in providing humanitarian…
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April 1, 2022
Join the free webinar on how to Track your Carbon Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Join the free webinar on how to Track your Carbon

Do you want to know how to calculate your organisations carbon footprint? Do you need a compliant carbon reduction plan for tenders? If the answer is YES, then join a free-of-charge webinar on Tuesday 5 April at 10am. Facilitated by industry experts, the webinar will: - Explain the current guidelines and requirements around Net Zero and PPN 06/21 Demystify the…
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April 1, 2022
Introductory article from BIVDA’s newly-elected Chair Helen Tucker Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Introductory article from BIVDA’s newly-elected Chair Helen Tucker

As I begin my first week as Chair of BIVDA, I feel fortunate to have previously sat on the Executive Board for the last few years; as Chair Elect this past year, and to have had the opportunity to engage with the Board and Secretariat. So whilst I’d like to think I’m almost on the front foot, I wouldn’t say…
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April 1, 2022