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Media Monitoring: 10th – 16th December

Government delivers on pledge for £50 million motor neurone disease research funding The full £50 million pledged for motor neurone disease (MND) research is being placed into the hands of researchers as quickly as possible with further awards made this week £29.5 million of government funding to be invested immediately through specialist research centres and partnerships with leading researchers Biomedical…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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BIVDA held our December Procurement Working Party at the Royal College of Nursing in London

The meeting covered the New NHS SC Operating Model, New Procurement Regulations, Credentialling and DCB0129 was held in the morning prior to our winter Sustainability seminar. We were delighted to welcome Beth Louden from Akeso & Co to give us an update on NHS Supply Chain and Category Tower 8 and the Operating Model Update. More information will be available…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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BIVDA held our Winter Sustainability Seminar at the Royal College of Nursing in London

BIVDA holds 2 seminar’s each year to keep members up to date on the latest developments and provide training opportunities. Our next Seminar is Thursday 22 Jun 2023 at 2pm. You can register here. Simon Clarke, Managing Director of BSOL Procurement Collaborative, UHB came to talk to us about the work that his procurement team at Birmingham and Solihull ICS…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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Trade with South Korea: call for input

The Government is seeking a number of industries’ views to help influence its negotiating strategy before launching into an enhanced trade agreement with South Korea. They want to know: what you think about our current trading arrangements with South Korea where we could make changes or improvements where you are facing challenges or constraints when attempting to trade or invest…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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UK National Screening committee roundtable on multi-cancer early detection tests (MCEDs)

The UK NSC is inviting commercial organisations involved in developing multi-cancer early detection tests (MCEDs) to an information-sharing roundtable event on the afternoon of Tuesday 21 February, 2023. Commercial organisations wishing to attend must have a product that: is already operational, or is expected to be ready as a screening tool within the next 5 years tests for 2 or more cancers…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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Medical Technology Group Reception

BIVDA did consider joining this group in the past, but its focus is very much on medical devices - however it did provide some excellent networking! There were a lot of speakers during the reception, including two patients giving their experiences of living with their long-term conditions. Doris-Ann has captured a few highlights from other guest speakers: Mark Chapman, the…
Ben Kemp
December 9, 2022
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Media Monitoring: 3rd – 9th December

A new biomarker for detecting glymphatic system insufficiency University of Barcelona researchers have discovered that malfunctions in the glymphatic system can be detected via wasteosomes They show evidence that increased wasteosomes or starch bodies are a result of chronic failure of the glymphatic system They found that brain regions which had the highest number of wasteosomes were often related to…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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19 more diagnostic hubs to be opened to tackle the COVID backlog

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has pledged to tackle the multitude of problems affecting the NHS, including by opening more diagnostic hubs. He has claimed that people “want action” and will address this, in part, by opening 19 new diagnostic hubs. Tackling the backlog and reducing winter pressures are currently seen as the most pressing problems. More than seven million…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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Patients to carry out health checks at home to ease winter pressures, including blood tests

A new NHS trial, exclusive to Cornwall, has been launched which will allow patients to complete health checks from the comfort of their own homes. This will prevent GP services from being swamped during a busy winter period. This forms a key part of the Government’s drive to digitise health checks. Cornish patients will be asked to complete an online…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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Funding At the Speed of Innovation (FAST) Pilot 2 to open next week

Professor Michael Lewis, SBRI Healthcare and NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme Director, has announced a second FAST pilot programme, which is to open for applications next week. It is to have double the funds of the previous iteration. So far, 25 diverse projects have been awarded £1m of funding to address questions such as market research validations, rapid user-centred…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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