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Ben Kemp

BIVDA/BSI Event – Understanding Standards for IVD and Tender Requirements Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA/BSI Event – Understanding Standards for IVD and Tender Requirements

This meeting will be exploratory as members can help determine which standards are most applicable for them and input into the conversation. BSI will be leading this session with BIVDA supporting in terms of IVD Regulation, the sustainability hub and NHS agenda to ensure that members have access and visibility across the standards. The event will take place between 11:00…
Ben Kemp
August 26, 2022
Doris-Ann to speak at The King’s Fund’s “Meeting demand: the changing picture of diagnostics” event Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Doris-Ann to speak at The King’s Fund’s “Meeting demand: the changing picture of diagnostics” event

BIVDA Chief Executive Doris-Ann Williams is to speak at The King’s Fund’s “Meeting demand: the changing picture of diagnostics” event on Wednesday 16 November 2022. She will be joined by other eminent speakers such as Chair of the Independent Review of Diagnostic Services for NHS England, Professor Sir Mike Richards and National Specialty Advisor Pathology for NHSE/I, Professor Jo Martin…
Ben Kemp
August 26, 2022
BIVDA response to DEFRA consultation on charging fees for applications for exemptions to the RoHS Regulations Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA response to DEFRA consultation on charging fees for applications for exemptions to the RoHS Regulations

As you are aware, DEFRA recently released a consultation proposing fees for exemption applications to the RoHS Regulations. On 9 August, BIVDA members were invited to an ad-hoc Environmental Working Party meeting to discuss how BIVDA should respond to this consultation. A draft response was then circulated to members for feedback. The final response has now been submitted to DEFRA…
Ben Kemp
August 26, 2022
LaingBuisson to update their Diagnostics report – Call to BIVDA Members Membership NewsMembership News Archive

LaingBuisson to update their Diagnostics report – Call to BIVDA Members

LaingBuisson are updating the first edition of their Diagnostics report and invite BIVDA members to contribute: They would like to expand the number of companies profiled in the report. There is no cost to companies to be included.  They just need to send a profile in a similar format to those in the previous report.  They are very happy to…
Ben Kemp
August 26, 2022
NICE guideline on Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management ConsultationsConsultations Archive

NICE guideline on Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management

This final guideline has now been published on the NICE website. You can also find the supporting evidence, tools and resources as well as all the stakeholder comments that we received during consultation and the responses to these comments. NICE have also produced an equality impact assessment to support the guideline. There is brief information about the guideline for people…
Ben Kemp
August 12, 2022
Will you be at Medica? DxPx EU. Startups & industry partners save 80% on partnering tickets before August 13! Export Working PartyExport Working Party ArchiveMembership NewsMembership News ArchiveProcurement Working PartyProcurement Working Party Archive

Will you be at Medica? DxPx EU. Startups & industry partners save 80% on partnering tickets before August 13!

DxPx is a new organisation trying to get investors and business exchanges running in the IVD sector. They had a side conference at AACC last week and they will be running this at the Messe alongside Medica. There are a limited number of tickets reserved for our Super-Early bird Special for the European DxPx Investor & Industry Conference on November…
Ben Kemp
August 5, 2022
New Funding from Dstl on diagnostics for chemical, biological weapon victims Member RequestsMember Requests Archive

New Funding from Dstl on diagnostics for chemical, biological weapon victims

New £1 million funding from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is available for innovative diagnostics that identify and can help treat people exposed to biological and chemical weapons within one hour. Exposure to biological or chemical agents still represents a key issue for deployed personnel. Outputs from this competition that rapidly detect agents and enable quicker treatment will…
Ben Kemp
July 29, 2022
Apply to the Health Tech Challengers Pitch Competition! Digital Working PartyDigital Working Party Archive

Apply to the Health Tech Challengers Pitch Competition!

Health Tech Challengers is a global pitch competition which rewards disruptive digital health-tech start-up companies with equity-free prize money, global media exposure and the chance to be brought to the attention of 100+ VCs and CVCs. The prizes aim to drive digital health forward, award innovation in the sector, and pioneer the healthcare breakthroughs of tomorrow! To enter, start-ups must…
Ben Kemp
July 29, 2022
Joint NHSA & UKRI ‘Diagnostics Summit’ – Update from Doris-Ann Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Joint NHSA & UKRI ‘Diagnostics Summit’ – Update from Doris-Ann

On Monday Doris-Ann joined the ‘Diagnostics Summit’ being hosted by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) together with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI – the names for the nine UK research councils, including the Medical Research Council and Innovate UK). The objects for the day were to look at all the innovation activity going on and to discuss the role…
Ben Kemp
July 15, 2022