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Potential Border Force industrial action 17 – 20 February

Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union, have announced a further three-day strike from Friday 17 February to Sunday 19 February (inc. the overnight shift into Monday 20 February) by Border Force staff at Calais, Coquelles, Dunkirk and Dover. The UK Government continues to make preparations to minimise queues at the border. For more information please see the news story link…
Natalie Creaney
February 10, 2023
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Business boost for north-west biotechnology start-ups

A new business programme designed to support biotechnology start-ups in the north-west has formally launched with its first call for participants. The new Biotech Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) is a collaboration between UK Research and Innovation’s: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Bio BIC will help small biotechnology businesses, emerging from leading…
Natalie Creaney
February 10, 2023
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Spotlight on Sustainability: Environmental Procurement Requirements – How do Suppliers Comply?

BIVDA’s Sustainability Hub Environmental Section on Procurement Requirements/Law has been updated in January 2023 to include new information about what is being asked in relation to Net Zero by the devolved nations and also to update the NHS supplier requirements. You will find new information on Scotland here You will find new information for Wales here Updated information from NHS…
Natalie Creaney
February 10, 2023
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Funding Competition: UK – Germany Bilateral – Collaborative R&D

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), (The Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs And Climate Action), to invest up to £4 million in innovation projects. The aim of this competition is to support UK and German business-led collaboration in innovation with grant funding. Innovate UK will support UK businesses to collaborate…
Natalie Creaney
February 10, 2023
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BIVDA AGM and Executive Board

This year seems to be vanishing at a remarkable speed so we wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the AGM on 21st March. The agenda and registration is now open so please remember to get this in your diary and registering at BIVDA Annual General Meeting (AGM) Tickets, Tue 21 Mar 2023 at 10:30 | Eventbrite. Headlining the…
Natalie Creaney
February 10, 2023
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Medical Technology Strategy released

The UK’s inaugural medical technology (medtech) strategy has been released. It sets out how the health and social care system can reliably access safe, effective, and innovative medical technologies. The strategy builds on and supports the Life Sciences Vision to help secure the position of the UK as a global science superpower. The strategic priorities have been developed in conjunction with…
Ben Kemp
February 3, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 27th January – 3rd February

Lateral flow test engineering and lessons learned from COVID-19 Only 0.4% of the 3 billion COVID-19 tests performed through to mid-2022 were conducted in low-income regions, raising ethical concerns and constraining our collective ability to respond to a pandemic Key barriers to COVID-19 LFT development and adoption include lack of access to well characterised samples, limited accuracy, lack of connectivity,…
Natalie Creaney
February 3, 2023
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Chancellor recognises the life science industry as he outlines his plan for growth

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, laid out his plans in a speech last week to inject growth into the ailing British economy. He stated his optimism for the economy’s future, noting that the Golden Triangle – London, Cambridge and Oxford – has the largest number of tech businesses in the world outside San Francisco and New York. Mr Hunt then acknowledged…
Natalie Creaney
February 3, 2023
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Health Secretary announces virtual wards expansion as part of new plan

The Health and Social Care Secretary, Steve Barclay, has published a new delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, the second of three plans to cut waiting times in the NHS. The plan aims to reduce waiting times in urgent and emergency care through an increased focus on demand management before patients get to hospital and give greater…
Natalie Creaney
February 3, 2023
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Diagnostics North East Conference 2023

The Diagnostics North East Conference 2023 is taking place on 17 March 2023 in Newcastle – Doris-Ann will be in attendance. The conference will showcase the region’s incredible diagnostics infrastructure, expertise, and resources, which provide unrivalled opportunities for researchers, clinicians, and industry. The conference will also introduce “Therapeutics North East” – a developing regional hub, working as a cohesive structure…
Natalie Creaney
February 3, 2023
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