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Ben Kemp

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PM announces plan to cut waiting list, including CDC usage expansion

The NHS have this week announced their Elective Care Reform Plan. With a target to return to acceptable performance levels by 2029, the plan focuses on patient choice, better use of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) and delivering quicker surgery via the use of surgical hubs. The Government estimate that these changes will facilitate up to an extra half a million…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Help inform the design of the multi-million pound Newborn Survival Prize Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Help inform the design of the multi-million pound Newborn Survival Prize

Challenge Works and LifeArc are conducting research to inform the design of a multi-million pound Newborn Survival Prize. There is an unmet clinical need for diagnostic tests and equipment to improve neonatal survival. The prize aims to incentivise the development and scale-up of diagnostic tools and/or equipment to reduce deaths from neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries. Innovation in diagnostics for newborn sepsis…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
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Follow-up: MedTech Europe quarterly webinar for Partner Trade Associations

Dear Members, please see below link to the MedTech Europe Quarterly update. There is a significant focus on the review of the IVDR/MDR implementation. Following the MedTech Europe Quarterly Webinar held on 16 December 2024, please find below the link to watch the 30 minutes presentation held by our speakers, as well as the slide deck used during the meeting…
Ben Kemp
December 19, 2024
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The AI and Copyright Consultation has launched today

Today, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) launched the Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. We welcome your views. The consultation will be open for responses from 17 December 2024 to 25 February 2025.  Please share the consultation widely – we need to hear…
Ben Kemp
December 19, 2024
COMBINE programme for clinical trials and medical devices endorsed by Member States European Commission Updates Regulatory Affairs NewsletterEuropean Commission Updates Regulatory Affairs Newsletter ArchiveRegulatory Affairs NewsletterRegulatory Affairs Newsletter Archive

COMBINE programme for clinical trials and medical devices endorsed by Member States

COMBINE programme for clinical trials and medical devices endorsed by Member States National authorities in Member States have endorsed a new strategy for the COMBINE programme, a cross-sector initiative to streamline combined studies of medicines and medical devices, including diagnostics. The COMBINE programme will be rolled out over the coming years through seven cross-sector projects. It aims to foster collaboration…
Ben Kemp
December 18, 2024