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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new combined methods and processes manual and a topic selection manual for its health technology evaluation programmes. The changes outlined in the manuals came into effect from 1 February 2022 for new evaluations and will give patients earlier access to innovative new treatments. NICE has set out the…

A new Business Council has been created by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, following the two-year anniversary of Brexit. This group is a revamped cohort, co-chaired by the Chancellor, that will work “to drive a high productivity, high growth economy over the next 12 months and level up local economies around the country”. The new Council will support the UK’s…

A new policy paper has been published by the UK Government on the ‘Benefits of Brexit: How the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU’. This is in timing with the two-year anniversary of the UK’s departure from the trading bloc on 31 January 2020. Regarding healthcare and life sciences, there are various mentions of the beneficial changes and…

Phillips-Medisize is collaborating with healthcare start-up SOTECH Health to accelerate the development of a breath-sensor system that detects COVID-19 in less than 30 seconds. This a reusable device that leverages research at the University of Texas into cloud-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Phillips-Medisize’s “product design, rapid prototyping, and end-to-end manufacturing expertise”. To screen for COVID-19, a person breathes into the…

A British digital health platform and personal health provider has created what it calls the world’s first smartphone-based test for cardiovascular disease. The company is named ‘PocDoc’, and the team claim to be on track to launch in the Spring. The technology will initially be available to healthcare distributors and businesses such as private healthcare providers, pharmacies, care workers and…