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Ben Kemp

Procurement Act 2024: Update and Tools Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Procurement Act 2024: Update and Tools

Following the laying of secondary legislation last month, a ‘go-live’ date for the new regime of Monday 28 October 2024 has been established. To mark the beginning of the six month preparation period, the Government has launched the official e-learning product. This is a key learning product to support practitioners in implementing the new regime. The e-learning is aimed at…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
Innovate UK Smart grant for micro companies and SMEs Funding OpportunitiesMembership NewsMembership News Archive

Innovate UK Smart grant for micro companies and SMEs

Innovate UK is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and world-leading ideas, designed for swift, successful commercialisation. The Innovate UK Smart grant has focused scope and eligibility criteria to support micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their partners in developing genuinely new innovations with significant potential for rapid economic return to the UK. The application process…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
EU Parliament have approved the EU Commission’s proposal published on 23/1/24 Membership NewsMembership News Archive

EU Parliament have approved the EU Commission’s proposal published on 23/1/24

The European Parliament have approved the European Commission’s (EC) proposal published on January 23, 2024. This proposal asks to amend the EU MDR (2017/745) and EU IVDR (2017/746) regarding the transitional extension for certain IVD devices, gradual roll out of EUDAMED and obligations in case of supply interruption. What does this mean? The additional time granted to manufacturers depends on…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
Watch Springboard DBT webinar featuring Mark Oakes Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Watch Springboard DBT webinar featuring Mark Oakes

Last week, the BIVDA Springboard Programme were pleased to welcome Mark Oakes, Head of Life Sciences at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). Mark delivered a fantastic webinar to introduce DBT to our Springboard members and to help us explore all the ways we can work together to continue to build a strong UK life sciences industry. The webinar is available…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
MIC drop launches HRCs Membership NewsMembership News Archive

MIC drop launches HRCs

From 1st April, 14 new HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs) replaced the former MedTech and IVD Co-operatives hosted by the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR). Chief Executive Helen Dent presented to the NIHR team to maintain our ties into the new structure.  The HRCs are built to pull together healthcare professionals and industry. Helen set out how how…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
Join us for the Infectious Diseases Working Party (online) next week Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Join us for the Infectious Diseases Working Party (online) next week

There is just over a week to go until our online Infectious Diseases Working Party. On 2 May between 10:30 - 1pm, we will welcome an excellent line-up of speakers to present on good guidance for POCT, managing acute infections in primary care with POCT, Innovate UK AMR initiatives, and the NIHR Research Centres with reference to generating evidence. Make…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
MHRA designates new UK Approved Body for IVD devices and active implantable medical devices Membership NewsMembership News Archive

MHRA designates new UK Approved Body for IVD devices and active implantable medical devices

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have increased the capacity to process conformity assessments for active implantable medical devices and IVD devices with the addition of LNE-GMED UK Limited to their list of UK Approved Bodies, bringing the total number of UK Approved Bodies in the UK to 9. Approved bodies are organisations which the MHRA have designated to assess…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
Springboard Webinar with the Department of Business and Trade (DBT) Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Springboard Webinar with the Department of Business and Trade (DBT)

This week, the BIVDA Springboard Programme were really pleased to welcome members of the Department of Business and Trade (DBT) who delivered a fantastic webinar called “The role of DBT and the Life Science Sector Team”. Mark Oakes, Head of Life Sciences at DBT, gave a presentation followed by an interactive Q&A session for attendees, where he talked us through…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
New £10.4M rare kidney disease research centre to pioneer new tests treatments HighlightsHighlights Archive

New £10.4M rare kidney disease research centre to pioneer new tests treatments

Thousands of people living with rare kidney disease will get access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to the creation of a new research centre co-funded by Kidney Research UK and medical charity LifeArc. It will be led by experts from Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Liverpool. The LifeArc-Kidney Research UK Centre for Rare…
Ben Kemp
April 23, 2024