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Vulnerable hospital patients are to begin receiving a ‘ground-breaking’ drug from next week to fight coronavirus. The treatment is named Ronapreve, and will serve to aid patients unable to build up an antibody response against COVID-19. The MHRA gave approval for its use last month, and it uses a pair of laboratory-produced antibodies to attack the virus. The former US…

The Office for the Internal Market has officially launched this week, and is calling on businesses to report any issues related to trading across different areas of the United Kingdom. All four UK nations can now seek advice from the OIM on the UK’s internal market operation. The OIM will operate as part of the Competition Markets Authority and will…

We are delighted to have held our first Seminar on Sustainability on Wednesday afternoon. This was a face-to-face meeting which was a roundtable event of 35 attendees with guest speakers. Our speakers included. The Deputy Director for Strategy, Policy & Regulation from the Medical Technology Directorate at the DHSC and the Head of Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain for NHS…

Wessex AHSN is launching the next round of its Technology Support Programme which is targeting the i4i Product Development award. Companies accepted onto the TSP2 will benefit from feedback on their innovation from a panel of experts, with the chance to present their innovation and form a research collaboration with Wessex clinicians and researchers. If you are an innovator, start-up,…

COVID Antigen & Molecular test laboratory validation consultation On Tuesday Steve Lee (ABHI) and Doris-Ann again co-hosted a webinar to discuss this consultation which is only open until the end of September – the aim was to hear from members and to develop an aligned response from industry. Thank you to everyone who gave us great input – we were…

NHS England is to launch the world’s largest trial of a blood test that aims to detect more than 50 types of cancer. More than 100,000 volunteers are being sought to provide information on the potential usage of the test method within NHS services. The volunteers are to provide blood samples at mobile test clinics in regions across England. The…

Webinar Updates This week, BIVDA and 2 other Trade Associations hosted webinars on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. (DHSC) DHSC is developing a new UK Diagnostics strategy for the next 5-10 years across the whole of the health and care system and in collaboration with the private sector. The vision is for the UK to be…

The Government has set out is COVID-19 Autumn and Winter 2021 plan, with a Plan A and Plan B format. Plan A focusses on promoting the vaccination of those not yet inoculated, a new booster jab programme for millions of people and offering vaccinations to the 12-15 year old age group. This Plan A will encourage the continual use of…