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IPO: Beware of misleading invoices

The IPO have issued a fresh warning to customers to beware of misleading requests for payments, sent by organisations who are not the IPO. These typically take the form of invoices requesting payment for trade marks, designs, or patents services. Once paid for, these services may simply never be provided, or may be of little or no benefit to the…
Ben Kemp
August 7, 2024
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HTA: Improving diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in older adults

Closes 1pm on 27 November. The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this primary research topic. In order to apply you will need to carefully review the: Commissioning brief Stage 1 application supporting information Stage 1 guidance notes Applications received by the advertised closing date will be considered at a first-stage funding committee…
Ben Kemp
August 7, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 1 – 7 August

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be coming to your doctor’s office. Here’s what to know A new blood test for Alzheimer’s shows promise in detecting amyloid plaques and tau proteins, key indicators of the disease. The test could potentially allow for earlier and more accurate diagnosis compared to current methods like PET scans and lumbar punctures. Researchers are optimistic but…
Ben Kemp
August 6, 2024
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FORUM Report: ‘Early detection of neurodegenerative conditions in primary care and the community’

We would like to reshare this important report conducted by the Academy of Medical Sciences' FORUM alongside the Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's UK. This is particularly pertinent to our industry given much progress is currently being made in identifying blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, as covered in the report. You can read the report here.
Ben Kemp
August 6, 2024
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Consultation: UK SMI S 06 – Infectious syndromes affecting the genitourinary tract and reproductive organs

This consultation is open from 31/07/2024 to 28/08/2024 You are invited to submit feedback on the UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (UK SMI) S 06: Infectious syndromes affecting the genitourinary tract and reproductive organs document. Please note the title of this document has changed from ‘sexually transmitted infections’ and the scope has been extended to cover infectious syndromes of the…
Ben Kemp
August 6, 2024
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Invitation to join a workshop on research of Governance of Adaptive AI in Medical Devices – conducted by UCL MPA candidates

MPA Candidates at the University College London are researching the Governance of Adaptive AI in Medical Devices. Their research focuses on the risks and challenges posed by AI in medical devices and how those risks are increased in the case of Adaptive AI. (Adaptive AI is a subset of AI that is continuously learning from the data it is fed…
Ben Kemp
August 6, 2024