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MHRA trials five innovative AI technologies as part of AI Airlock pilot

Five innovative technologies have been selected by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the AI Airlock, a pilot scheme to better understand how to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) powered medical devices in a way that that enables getting these types of products to the NHS and patients who need them as quickly and safely as possible. These…
Ben Kemp
December 9, 2024
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BIVDA NHS Commercial and Supply Chain Updates

BIVDA's Head of Market Access, Beth Loudon, attended the first joint NHSE and NHSSC Trade Association Forum on 3rd December. DHSC's David Lawson and Andrea Gibson presented an update on the Design for Life implementation roadmap and the Value Based Procurement Methodology (VBP). The VBP Methodology will be piloted with procurement teams in the Spring and will also be shared…
Ben Kemp
December 9, 2024
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BIVDA member first company selected for Parliamentary Committee’s Innovation Showcase

Parliament's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has launched its Innovation Showcase and we are delighted that BIVDA member AMLo Biosciences have been selected as the first participants on 17th December. AMLo is developing prognostic and diagnostic products for early-stage skin cancers to help healthcare professionals use personalised care plans to improve patient outcomes, while saving significant NHS resources. The showcase…
Ben Kemp
December 9, 2024
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2025 BIVDA Regulatory Affairs Seminar agenda released

The agenda for BIVDA’s 2025 Regulatory Affairs Seminar in Birmingham on February 11 - 12 2025 has now been released. Expert figures in diagnostics regulation including David Lawson, Director of Medical Technology, Department of Health and Social Care; Robyn Meurant, Principal Consultant, ACT-IVD; and Megha Deviprasad Iyer, Director of Global Strategic Regulatory Affairs, Thermo Fisher, will lead sessions designed to…
Ben Kemp
December 9, 2024
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Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference 2025

Members have until Monday 9th December 2024 to register for the Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference taking place on Thursday 30th January 2025 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London. Spaces are limited due to popularity. This event brings together healthcare leaders, innovators and experts from across the fields of artificial intelligence and women’s health to…
Ben Kemp
December 4, 2024
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BIVDA submit NHS 10-year plan consultation response

BIVDA have submitted our response to the Government's NHS 10-year plan consultation. We highlighted how diagnostics are a key driver to achieving the NHS’s three shifts and to support the NHS as a health economic agency. With an ageing population and many economically inactive due to preventable long- term conditions, proactive diagnosis enables precision treatment and informed lifestyle change, enabling…
Ben Kemp
December 3, 2024
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Charity Request: Donation of 2,100 Covid Tests

Make-A-Wish, the charity that grants life-changing wishes to young children who have critical illnesses and complex health needs, would like to kindly ask members if they are able to donate Covid LFTs for an event they are hosting in May 2025. Because of these individuals’ poor health and vulnerable situation, Make-A-Wish do their utmost to keep the risk of infection…
Ben Kemp
December 3, 2024
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BIVDA Member Spotlight: Native Design

This week's BIVDA member spotlight features design consultancy Native Design. If you would like your company featured, please email ben.kemp@bivda.org.uk. British design consultancy and BIVDA member, Native Design are continuing to build on their expertise in the healthcare sector with recent launches of new product platforms for US gene- sequencing company, Illumina. Native worked on the full product development of…
Ben Kemp
December 3, 2024