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Ben Kemp

Innovate UK’s ‘Fast Start: Innovation’ grant programme to support SME sustainability Sustainability ProgrammeSustainability Programme Archive

Innovate UK’s ‘Fast Start: Innovation’ grant programme to support SME sustainability

Innovate UK is offering small and micro businesses a share of up to £30 million in grants alongside tailored business support delivered by Innovate UK EDGE. You can apply for up to £50,000 for highly innovative ideas that have a clear route to commercialisation through business growth. **Applications do not open until Monday 11 July 2022. Your project must lead to…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
BIVDA article is featured in The Guardian’s ‘Sustainable Healthcare’ campaign Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA article is featured in The Guardian’s ‘Sustainable Healthcare’ campaign

The 2022 Q2 campaign MediaPlanet campaign launched this week in conjunction with The Guardian and focuses on ‘Sustainable Healthcare’. BIVDA is delighted to be featured in the set of articles composed by key health organisations on this important subject. Helen’s piece is titled ‘The value of Innovation in achieving sustainable goals’, and can be found at this link. Helen writes…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
Pro-Lab seeks to expand technical sales teams with new field-based recruitment campaign Member RequestsMember Requests Archive

Pro-Lab seeks to expand technical sales teams with new field-based recruitment campaign

Please see a message from Pro-Lab Diagnostics on their new recruitment drive. All of us here at Pro-Lab Diagnostics are delighted to announce an imminent expansion in our field based technical sales teams to accommodate and number of exciting new product lines, some of which we started introducing over the last two years. Field based positions are being added to…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
BIVDA’s blended Regulatory Affairs WP Meeting attracts fantastic attendance Regulatory Affairs Working PartyRegulatory Affairs Working Party Archive

BIVDA’s blended Regulatory Affairs WP Meeting attracts fantastic attendance

On 1 July, the Regulatory Affairs Working Party met during a blended meeting to consider and learn about the enormous shifts in IVD regulation taking place. Over 100 attendees joined online or in-person, making it a record attendance in the group's history. On the agenda were developments such as the newly published MHRA consultation responses on the UK medical devices…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill passes first reading stage despite strong criticism HighlightsHighlights Archive

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill passes first reading stage despite strong criticism

On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a 74-vote majority on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to shred post-Brexit trade rules relating to the area. Despite winning the vote, there were a number of senior Conservatives speaking out against the legislation, although none voted against it. Leading criticism of the Bill was former PM Theresa May who warned of reputational…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
100,000 free copies of BS ISO 50005:2021 available in Net Zero push – download yours here! HighlightsHighlights Archive

100,000 free copies of BS ISO 50005:2021 available in Net Zero push – download yours here!

100,000 copies of BS ISO 50005 are being sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as part of their commitment to support small and medium-sized organizations to manage their energy performance and help the UK to meet Net Zero. The standard provides organisations with a means to develop a practical, low-cost approach to energy management. Using…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
Medicinal Products Working Group, Technical Barriers to Trade Specialised Committee and the UK-EU TCA updates HighlightsHighlights Archive

Medicinal Products Working Group, Technical Barriers to Trade Specialised Committee and the UK-EU TCA updates

Medicinal Products Working Group and Technical Barriers to Trade Specialised Committee update and call for any issues related to the UK-EU TCA: The Medicines and Devices (Goods) team remain ready to stand up the Medicinal Products Working Group (MPWG) and continue working to progress the forum. They have agreed a pragmatic compromise with the Commission that the Technical Barriers to…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
European Commission publishes updated ‘Blue Guide’ Membership NewsMembership News Archive

European Commission publishes updated ‘Blue Guide’

The European Commission has published the new ‘Blue Guide on the implementation of the product rules 2022’. This was first published in 2000 and has been updated in 2014 and 2016. Given the New Legislative Framework which has been implemented in the EU, it was appropriate for a further update to take place. This latest update adds mention of (EU)…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022