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EFLM Meet the Expert – submit your case within 23 February!

6 March 2025 at h. 16.00 CET Interpretation urinalysis tests Moderator: Marielle Kaplan, Israel Learning objectives: Design the diagnostic tests for patients with suspected kidney diseases, haematuria or urinary tract infections together with the clinical units Plan verification of performance for multiple strip tests and particle analysis of urine specimens Interpret urinalysis test results against clinical background, quality of the…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2025
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Webinar: Design for the Future: How to Build Sustainable Products That Support Long-Term Success

25 February - 4pm CET Do you know the carbon footprint of your product? Are you ready to provide a digital product passport to regulators? Is sustainability woven into your product design process so you can legally sell in today’s markets? It’s time to get ahead of these demands. Join us for a one-hour webinar uncovering how global regulations like…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2025
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Biocides: Upcoming active substance renewals and dossier submission deadlines

Apply for active substance renewal by the deadlines to keep products on the GB market 29 May 2025 5-chloro-2-(4-chlorphenoxy)phenol (DCPP) (CAS 3380-30-1 EC 429-290-0) in product types 1, 2 and 4 27 August 2026 Citric acid (CAS 77-92-9 EC 201-069-1) in product type 2
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2025
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Media Monitoring: 13 – 19 February

At-home test could play key role in type-1 diabetes screening A new home test to diagnose type-1 diabetes (T1D) is being investigated in a major UK study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and NDM's Centre for Human Genetics. The study will invite 90 children and young people across…
Ben Kemp
February 19, 2025
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MHRA Update from BIVDA’s 2025 Regulatory Affairs Seminar

BIVDA welcomed Dr Rob Reid and Nadine Neale from the MHRA to BIVDA's Regulatory Affairs Seminar last week. They provided updates on the latest MHRA activity including the MHRA Fees consultation, GB Post Market Surveillance, the Pre-Market SI Consultation, and the AI Airlock Pilot, which members will find useful. We have outlined all updates below: MHRA Fees Consultation – The…
Ben Kemp
February 19, 2025
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Join the NPT Working Party for CPI partnership plan to accelerate NPT – 6 March 2025

Have you signed up for the latest Near Patient Testing (NPT) working party meeting yet?  On 6th March, BIVDA will be hosting the next NPT working party meeting, in person, at the BIVDA offices. We are pleased to be welcoming CPI, part of UK Government’s Catapult network of innovation centres, to talk about how they have been tasked by the…
Ben Kemp
February 18, 2025
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BIVDA 2025 Regulatory Affairs Seminar Round-Up

Thank you to everyone who attended BIVDA's sold-out 2025 Regulatory Affairs Seminar and provided excellent feedback. Bringing together regulatory affairs experts from across the globe underlined the importance of  hearing international perspectives, assessing what works and what doesn't, and agreeing on the right direction of travel.medboard Most of all, distilling expertise into a polished two-day event focused on developing regulatory…
Ben Kemp
February 18, 2025
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Welsh Government Consultation: Extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) cap beyond 2030

The Welsh Government is seeking views on extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) beyond the end of Phase I (midnight on 31 December 2030). This fulfils the commitment made in December 2023 within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme long-term pathway to consult on the extension of the Scheme. This consultation proposes options and seeks views on: extending the UK…
Ben Kemp
February 18, 2025
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NHS rolls out HIV opt-out testing to 30 more A&Es

Under a new expansion plan, 30 more A&Es will start testing for the infectious disease in hospital emergency departments (ED) via the revolutionary NHS Blood Borne Virus Opt-out Testing programme (BBV). Under the programme, people visiting an ED are offered a discreet test which screens for the HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viruses when full bloods are taken. If…
Ben Kemp
February 18, 2025
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Last chance to attend launch of HealthTech Research Centre in In-Vitro Diagnostics

Last chance to attend launch of HealthTech Research Centre in In-Vitro Diagnostics featuring BIVDA's Helen Dent. The event takes place this Friday 21 February 2025 at 09:30 - 15:00 at the Storey Club - Paddington Central. HRC IVD is a centre of expertise offering research and navigation services for innovators in all stages of IVD development. Hosted by Imperial College…
Ben Kemp
February 18, 2025