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Media Monitoring: 21 – 27 October

£37m funding boost for AI projects ahead of UK AI Safety Summit Research teams encouraged to bid for a share of £32m for AI projects and a further £5m committed to feasibility studies into pioneering ideas. In the run up to the UK’s hosting of the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, the Secretary of State for Science,…
Ben Kemp
October 27, 2023
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Helen attends Parliamentary Reception to discuss the 100 Days Mission

Helen was honoured to be invited to the National Measurement Laboratory’s Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday to discuss the 100 Days Mission and engagement with industry. It was wonderful to see so many colleagues and representatives of the life sciences industry to discuss this important topic. Thank you, too, to Stephen Metcalfe for hosting the event. Pandemic preparedness is vital if the UK…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 14 – 20 October

Wales innovates, creating a stronger, fairer, greener wales: delivery plan The Welsh Government have released a plan for how they will deliver the innovation strategy for Wales. This includes increasing the adoption of diagnostic innovations in Wales.   Close AI ‘confidence gap’ to make it a powerful force for good, say experts A British Standards Institution survey found almost half…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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New innovation challenge launched to tackle bias in AI systems

UK companies can apply for up to £400,000 in government investment from today to fund innovative new solutions which tackle bias and discrimination in AI systems. The competition will look to support up to three ground-breaking homegrown solutions, with successful bids securing a funding boost of up to £130,000 each. It comes ahead of the UK hosting the world’s first major…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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The UK’s life sciences sector contributes £43.3billion in GVA in 2021

The UK’s life sciences sector contributed £43.3billion to the UK economy in 2021 through production of goods and services. This is according to PwC’s latest analysis in its Life Sciences Future50 report celebrating 50 UK companies innovating to solve the hardest problems in human health and science. The sector has seen strong growth since before the pandemic in 2019, with…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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REMINDER: The Innovative Devices Access Pathway closes 29 October

We would like to remind members that the The Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP) closes on 29 October, so get your applications in soon! The IDAP pilot is an initiative to bring new technologies and solutions to the National Health Service (NHS) to help with medical needs that are not currently being met. The aim of IDAP is to enable and improve…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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BIVDA attends NHSE/Leeds NIHR-hosted Industry Demand Signalling Event

The AMR Diagnostics team at the Office of the CSO carried out a series of horizon scans with the NIHR Innovation Observatory earlier in the year. These covered several major infection diagnostic pathways (UTI, RTI, sepsis and SSI) and examined potential innovations across the development spectrum from proof of concept through to CE-marked tests already available on the market. Concurrently,…
Ben Kemp
October 6, 2023
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Medical Devices in Primary Care: Proposals for updating Part IX of the Drug Tariff – medical devices available for prescribing in primary care.

The government has today released the anticipated consultation on Medical Devices in Primary Care: Proposals for updating Part IX of the Drug Tariff – medical devices available for prescribing in primary care. Following the publication DHSC’s Medical Technology Strategy in February 2023, they have set out a series of proposals to modernise Part IX of the Drug Tariff to ensure…
Ben Kemp
October 6, 2023
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