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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…

Pressure leads GPs to increase antibiotic prescribing The pressure GPs are working under has been linked to increasing broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing in England by health economists at The University of Manchester and University of Southern Denmark The association, say the team, means that pressure on GPs could contribute to antimicrobial resistance https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/pressure-leads-gps-to-increase-antibiotic-prescribing/ NHS pilots genetic testing to predict risk of…