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Ben Kemp

Media Monitoring: 1st – 8th January HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Media Monitoring: 1st – 8th January

New saliva test can rapidly identify paracetamol overdose A research team led by the University of Liverpool has developed an innovative new technique that can rapidly assess paracetamol levels from saliva. The team demonstrates the clinical validity of a new mass spectrometry technology-based technique that can test a tiny drop of saliva on a piece of paper for levels of…
Ben Kemp
January 8, 2025
Comments requested on UK SMI B 10: Investigation of faecal specimens for Clostridioides difficile ConsultationsConsultations ArchiveMembership NewsMembership News Archive

Comments requested on UK SMI B 10: Investigation of faecal specimens for Clostridioides difficile

UKHSA requests your comments on the following document: UK SMI B 10: Investigation of faecal specimens for Clostridioidies difficile To take part in the consultation please go to the relevant page by clicking on the link below and navigate to the 'Open Consultation' accordion. Please send comments by 17th January 2025 using the consultation form provided on the website. The relevant…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Transforming Public Procurement – Get Ready webinars Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Transforming Public Procurement – Get Ready webinars

The Procurement Act 2023 will go live on 24 February 2025. To support readiness for the new regime, the Cabinet Office are running two webinars for suppliers and other external organisations in January. These sessions will focus primarily on what the key changes are, how the central digital platform will work (featuring a live demonstration), and will be an opportunity…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference Invite – Deadline 10 January 2025 Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference Invite – Deadline 10 January 2025

Extra spaces have been made available for the upcoming Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference taking place on Thursday 30th January 2025 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London. However, you must sign-up before the deadline on 10th January. You can register here. This event brings together healthcare leaders, innovators and experts from across the fields of…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Professor Dame Sally Davies issues new AMR warning for 2025 HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Professor Dame Sally Davies issues new AMR warning for 2025

Professor Dame Sally Davies, UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), has issued a new warning for the coming year: without urgent action, millions of men, women and children will die over the next quarter of a century. Dame Sally stated that currently a million people across the globe die due to antibiotic resistance, a figure which will spiral over…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
BIVDA respond to MHRA consultation on UK MDR amendments Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA respond to MHRA consultation on UK MDR amendments

BIVDA responded to the MHRA’s focused consultation on the proposed Pre-Market amendment to the UK Medical Device Regulation. The consultation, which closed on 5th January, focused on: International Reliance and associated pathways Proposal to remove the requirement for a physical UKCA mark Proposed route for UK Conformity Assessment Renewal of four pieces of assimilated EU law into UK Law which…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Reminder: Market Access and Procurement WP tomorrow – Thursday 16 January Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Reminder: Market Access and Procurement WP tomorrow – Thursday 16 January

A reminder to members to sign-up for the first working party of 2025: tomorrow's Market Access and Procurement Working Party on Thursday 16 January between 10:30 and 13:30. We look forward to welcoming David Lawson, Head of Medical Technology and Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care, to provide an update on the MedTech Strategy. Jane Mills, Deputy…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
A month to go until BIVDA’s Regulatory Affairs Seminar! Membership NewsMembership News Archive

A month to go until BIVDA’s Regulatory Affairs Seminar!

The new year is upon us and 2025’s hottest IVD regulatory event — BIVDA’s Regulatory Affairs Seminar — is just a month away. Taking place on February 11th - 12th 2025 in Birmingham, there are now only a few places remaining. We are also pleased to announce that BIVDA member IVDeology will be sponsoring BIVDA's 2025 Regulatory Seminar. IVDeology provides…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level

The proportion of patients being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage in England has risen to its highest ever level, according to new NHS analysis. Latest data on 13 of the most common cancers, such as breast, prostate and lung cancer, shows that nearly three in five patients are now being diagnosed at stages one or two, when the…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025