Membership News

Gallagher Life Sciences Practice are currently running a Cyber Insurance and Risk Management marketing campaign to update and educate companies in the Life Science industry regarding the fast-evolving nature of cyber threats. The culmination of this campaign is a free webinar run by their Cyber Risk Management professionals, who will discuss the different tactics employed by cyber criminals, report on…

BIVDA is looking to recruit a new Operations Support Officer who will be key to the delivery of operational and administrative support for the Secretariat and membership. This position will have various duties relating to our activities including meetings, facilities, finance, systems and other operational requirements as required. The full job description is here. Please contact Helen Dent (Chief Operating…

Westminster Forum Projects is hosting an online webinar to discuss the optimisation of diagnostics for improved speed and outcomes. Also being discussed will be the future outlook for medical device regulation in the wake of Brexit, with the MHRA having consulted on a more transparent and flexible approach. BIVDA Chief Executive Doris-Ann Williams will be among the main speakers at…

This has been initiated as some industries have raised concern about the availability of parts after this date. The survey can be found here and should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. It will be open until 9am on Thursday 3 February 2022. We encourage you to take part if you supply or utilise spare parts for products, particularly if…

The Medical Research Council (MRC) have announced a new funding opportunity for environmental sustainability research in life science and medical practice. Research into the ecological and environmental impacts of medical and life science activities is an extremely important issue. Sectors across our economy are obliged to examine waste output and energy use that are detrimental to the planet, and feed…

If your company participates in the BIVDA Market Audit you will know that it produces by far the most detailed, accurate and timely UK IVD market statistics available. Recent huge impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on our industry have been demonstrated in the most recent reports published. Sometimes I hear that companies participate but their UK based managers are not…

Please be reminded of the below new changes to border controls for importing products from the EU into GB from 1 January 2022: From 1 January 2022, full customs declarations for imports will be required and the option to delay declarations for up to 6 months comes to an end. Customs declarations are complex and you may want to consider…

BIVDA CEO Doris-Ann Williams has recently spoken to The Independent, stating that the UK should prepare for a wave of non-COVID deaths from undiagnosed illnesses owing to millions of missed or delayed tests due to the pandemic. Doris-Ann pointed to unreleased BIVDA data which shows that a lack of testing for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer since…