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Chancellor reveals exciting new ‘Life Sci for Growth’ package

The new ‘Life Sci for Growth’ package brings together 10 different policies up to £48 million of new money for scientific innovation to prepare for any future health emergencies, £154 million to increase the capacity of the UK’s biological data bank further aiding scientific discoveries that help human health, and up to £250 million to incentivise pension schemes to invest…
Ben Kemp
May 26, 2023
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Wessex AHSN Real-world Evaluation Competition (RWE) 2023

The Wessex AHSN Real-world Evaluation Competition (RWE) 2023 is live! Does your innovation need evidence of impact in a real-world setting? Even once your innovation can demonstrate that it functions, the adoption needed to support economic growth is often limited by evidence of impact. A real-world evaluation can fill this gap. Wessex AHSN is running a RWE competition to award…
Dawn
May 26, 2023
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Meet Dawn, BIVDA’s new Office Manager!

We are delighted to welcome Dawn to the BIVDA team as our new Office Manager, having joined us last month. Dawn has previously held roles with the NHS as a Personal Assistant to General Managers within the CXH Acute & Specialist Medicine and Stroke & Neurosciences at Charing X Hospital supporting consultants in the management of the administrative areas of…
Dawn
May 26, 2023
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Richard Saunders

Many people in the industry will know of Richard Saunders who retired from QuidelOrtho this week after a career spanning more than 40 years. Richard has been a great enthusiast for IVR regulation and very generous in sharing expertise with colleagues from across the sector. He has been a stalwart in support for BIVDA, recently stepping down as Chair of…
Dawn
May 26, 2023
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Accelerating Femtech programme launches – apply today!

This 10-week support programme is for small/medium-sized companies (SMEs) from across the UK, that have early-stage innovations addressing current challenges in women’s health. Building on the Health Innovation Network’s experience of running the award-winning DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, the programme will provide companies developing products to solve women’s health challenges with bespoke support through expert-led workshops and mentoring. It will support them to…
Dawn
May 26, 2023
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BIVDA Salary and Company Car Surveys

This year, as a special offer, Alan Jones & Associates are offering BIVDA members the opportunity to take part in a Company Car Survey which is being run for their survey population.  The survey is highly topical and includes a variety of questions on car allowance calculations, car allocation policies, fuel reimbursement, types of cars offered, green car policies, electric…
Natalie Creaney
May 26, 2023
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UKMedLab23 – buy your tickets today!

The Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (ACB) is holding its National Meeting, UKMedLab23, between 12 – 14 June in Leeds, UK. You can book your tickets on the ACB website. There are multiple tickets available: Biochemistry Training Day ticket (12 June) Microbiology Training Day ticket (12 June) Two-day conference ticket (13-14 June) One-day conference ticket (13 or 14…
Ben Kemp
May 19, 2023
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Government invites views on tackling major conditions in England

A call for evidence has been launched to invite views on how best to prevent, early diagnose, treat and manage the 6 major groups of conditions which drive ill health and contribute to the burden of disease in the population in England. The 6 major health conditions are cancer, cardiovascular diseases including stroke and diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental…
Dawn
May 19, 2023