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Media Monitoring: 11th – 17th March

Chair of SciTech Committee urges the EU and UK to accelerate Horizon Europe negotiations Greg Clark MP has urged the EU and the Government to accelerate negotiations on Horizon Europe association, following a letter from the Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, Michelle Donelan. In the letter, the Secretary of State does not confirm whether the £1.6 billion funding allocated to Horizon…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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Advisory Group Reform Proposals

Background In November 2022, the Life Sciences Council acknowledged that the development of new sovereign arrangements for the regulation of medical devices presented a golden opportunity to drive innovation and growth in the UK, whilst ensuring patient safety remains at the heart of the UK’s regulatory approach. Following the publication of a Joint Statement in December 2022, the Advisory Group…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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Sir Patrick Vallance outlines interim recommendations for pro-innovation regulation report

The UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, has written to the Chancellor with interim recommendations as part of his review on pro-innovation regulation for the life sciences. The report is expected to be published by early May, and is gathering input from ‘industry champions’ across several fields. In his letter, Sir Patrick acknowledged the MHRA as a global leader…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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Spotlight on Sustainability: CRP Checking Service from NHS England ends 31st March

NHS England are offering a free Carbon Reduction Plan Checking Service to suppliers. This service ends on 31st March so if you want to take advantage of this opportunity then you need to act quickly. Email your CRP to england.crp-check@nhs.net. Suppliers will need a Carbon Reduction Plan in place that is compliant with the requirements as detailed in PPN 06/21…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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Reminder: £5m Reducing Drug Deaths Innovation Challenge – apply by 21 April!

We have now reached the mid-way point in the application window for the £5m Reducing Drug Deaths Innovation Challenge, launched in January by the Addiction Healthcare Mission, led by the UK Office for Life Sciences (OLS) in partnership with the Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP), part of the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (CSO). Applicants can bid for funding to…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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The Budget: BIVDA Briefing and Reaction

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, set out his inaugural Budget on Wednesday with three key aims in mind: improving growth, getting people back to work and controlling the UK’s debt. While it remains to be seen whether these grand goals will be achieved, there was plenty else of interest for IVD companies wondering what the Government will do to help them…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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Amendments to the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulation

DEFRA are seeking your views on a number of proposed changes to the annexes of the retained regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (as amended by the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020/1358 and the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022/1293) (hereafter ‘the POPs Regulation’). Some of these changes relate to additions or amendments to the Stockholm Convention which…
Natalie Creaney
March 10, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 4th March – 10th March

Minister meets leading researchers in women’s health and calls for more women working in STEM Women’s and Health Minister, Maria Caulfield met leading researchers and discussed their work to improve health outcomes for women and babies, and the importance of women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths). Although there has been a large increase in girls doing STEM…
Natalie Creaney
March 10, 2023
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