Membership News

The Queen’s Speech took place Tuesday 10 May at the Houses of Parliament, setting out the Government’s new legislative agenda for the upcoming period. Queen Elizabeth was unfortunately unable to deliver the speech to MPs and Lords this year due to mobility issues. Instead, Prince Charles represented the Queen, outlining the Government’s plans and priorities. A total of 38 legislative…

We are currently undertaking a review of the Digital Working Party to ensure that its topics and focus is relevant to all member companies. We would like to thank everyone who has responded to our call for feedback – this information will be vital in reinventing the Working Party going forward. As a base plan, the Digital Working Party has…

NICE are hosting a launch event for its ‘Real-World Framework’ which describes best practices for the planning, conduct, and reporting of real-world evidence studies. The framework aims to improve the quality of real-world evidence informing NICE guidance. Real-world data refers to data collected outside of highly-controlled trials. It can come from many different sources including patient health records, administrative records,…

If you are interested in submitting an expression of interest in the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund, you must complete your application by Tuesday 31st May at 12pm. Members should apply as early as possible as funding allocation is finite. The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund provides £60 million in capital grants for investments in the manufacture of: human medicines,…

As part of the removal of the UK from the European Union from the 1st January 2021, the MHRA have laid down a new requirement for the appointment of a local natural or legal person to be responsible for the placement on the UK market of Medical Devices and IVDs where Legal Manufacturers do not have an establishment within the…

The idea is to bring investors to the diagnostics industry in a similar way to events held at Bio and JP Morgan for pharma and biotech. DxPx are running a two week digital partnering event prior to AACC followed by an in-person side event supported by AACC. There are speaking session and a networking event where you can book slots…

People are dying from air pollution, and this includes indoor as well as outdoor pollution. The figures from the World Health organisation are a staggering 7 million people worldwide! The UK figures are 36,000 people each year dying form heart and lung disease caused by air pollution. Global Action Plan is an environmental charity. They are behind the Clean Air…

BIVDA attended the MedTech Forum 2022 event in Barcelona this week to link in with European IVD and medtech counterparts and stakeholders. The event comprised varying discussions sessions featuring CEO leaders, policy experts, medtech & diagnostics innovators and regulatory affairs specialists. There were plenty of networking opportunities to discuss topics relevant to the pace of IVDR implementation, innovation in digital…

As an industry, the targets set particularly with regard to Net Zero, the Green Deal, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and waste regulations across the EU further demonstrate that Sustainability is something that must be addressed globally, and regardless of the mechanism the administrative body is using, the challenges, processes and solutions are the same. Whilst in the UK the…

Members may be interested to note that Neale Hanvey MP will be holding an adjournment debate on the “UK diagnostics industry and the global COVID-19 recovery” on Tuesday May 10 2022 at 11:30 am in the Commons Main Chamber. Neale has long been a strong advocate for the UK diagnostics industry, particularly during the pandemic, and has often raised issues…