Details: 🗓️ Date: 2 July 2025 ⏰ 4:00 - 5:00 PM CET | 3:00 - 4:00 PM GMT 🔗 Register Now and Save Your Spot! This webinar will discuss regulatory requirements for using Clinical Trial Assays and Companion Diagnostics in pharmaceutical clinical studies and share best practices for overcoming typical challenges. Learning objectives Understand the regulatory requirements for using Clinical Trial…
Ben KempJune 13, 2025
This newsletter from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) covers the latest operational updates on requirements and border controls for importing live animals, germinal products, products of animal origin and animal by-products into Great Britain. In this newsletter: Temporary unavailability of cloning feature in IPAFFS - 5 June 2025 BTMS system implementation – scheduled downtime on 12 June…
Ben KempJune 13, 2025
At last week's Prix Galien awards, new BIVDA member Viscera Technologies' flagship innovation, Quantico, was declared runner-up in the Best Digital Health category. Quantico is the first lateral flow testing platform built around the smartphone. Capable of quantifying biomarkers using only a test strip, a sample and Lab-Flow technology — complemented by a proprietary app that automatically corrects for ambient…
Ben KempJune 11, 2025
New technology should be paid for ‘like medicines’, says NICE chief executive The purchase of approved digital products and services used for diagnosing and treating NHS patients should be reimbursed centrally, the chief executive of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence has told HSJ. David Cameron: DNA test all sick children to build register Former UK…
Ben KempJune 10, 2025
The government has released their NHS Urgent and Emergency Care Plan to help to alleviate 'corridor care' in A&Es and begin preparing for winter challenges. Launching ahead of the NHS 10-year Plan, the new initiative is backed by £450 million. The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, stated his hope that the plan will mean one in five people who would have…
Ben KempJune 10, 2025
The webinar is jointly organised by BIVDA, the ACGS QSC, RCPath Genomics SAC, and AMP. Join for an exclusive webinar on 20th June, chaired by BIVDA President Angela Douglas and featuring expert insights on the latest IVD related updates from the UK, EU, and USA. With regulatory landscapes evolving across the UK, EU, and USA, staying informed is essential for…
Ben KempJune 10, 2025
BIVDA met with Callum Anderson MP in Portcullis House last week to discuss challenges facing UK diagnostics companies and how to work more closely with the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Mr Anderson is currently a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the department. We noted the regulatory hurdles which face many of our companies and the difficulties of scaling-up.…
Ben KempJune 10, 2025
In April, BIVDA released a consensus statement signed by members and partners calling for the government to go further and faster in adopting point-of-care diagnostics in community settings. As part of this work, Paul Fisher and Ben Kemp were guests of Lord Hacking in the House of Lords last Thursday, to hear him ask the government about their support for…
Ben KempJune 10, 2025