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BIVDA welcomes new member Mantara Health Ltd

  BIVDA are pleased to welcome Mantara Health as new members! Founded in 2020, Mantara Health Ltd has developed the first MHRA-registered, UKCA/CE accredited pharmacogenomic panel test for commercial use in the UK, validated and using the same algorithm as the Lancet-published Prepare study from February 2023. Over the last couple of years, Mantara Health has won the 2023 Start…
Ben Kemp
August 25, 2025
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Reminder: Pathology Managed Service Contracts Call for Evidence closes 5th September

A reminder to all members that the Pathology Managed Service Contracts Call for Evidence closes 5th September. BIVDA has pressed government on this issue for a long time. This, therefore, provides a crucial opportunity to help DHSC with the development of policy guidance in this area. We are encouraged by member engagement so far, following two webinars with Head of…
Ben Kemp
August 20, 2025
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BIVDA and members meet with Professor Sir Chris Whitty

On Monday 18th August, BIVDA chaired a meeting between Professor Sir Chris Whitty and his policy and delivery teams, and the BIVDA members who had been involved in an industry consensus statement entitled “Unlocking Our Communities Diagnostic Potential”. BIVDA’s report underlines the key opportunities to support the adoption of point-of-care testing in primary care and community care settings. Initially, when…
Ben Kemp
August 20, 2025
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Health Minister acknowledges BIVDA’s advocacy work to incorporate diagnostics into antibiotic prescribing

Steve Race MP, who authored the foreword to BIVDA’s Community Diagnostics Consensus Statement, has confirmed that Health Minister Ashley Dalton has formally acknowledged the report. The Minister expressed her thanks to BIVDA and our partner organisations for championing the adoption of diagnostic testing to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing, and commended BIVDA’s wider efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She also…
Ben Kemp
August 20, 2025
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Contribute to academic research on single-use diagnostic waste

Academic researchers are seeking contributions on the the research topic, “Towards an Eco-Friendly Future for Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-Chip and Point-of-Care Devices”, to be published in Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies. It now has extended its submission deadline to 31 October 2025. They are calling for engineers, economists, healthcare professionals, manufacturers, regulators and policy makers to join forces and work…
Ben Kemp
August 19, 2025
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WHO releases TPP for IVDs for serious bacterial infection, including neonatal sepsis, among young infants

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a target product profile (TPP) for serious bacterial infection among young infants. This includes neonatal sepsis, which kills 15% of the estimated 2.3 million newborns who die annually. It is estimated that 84% of newborn deaths due to infection could be averted through early diagnosis and appropriate clinical management. However, diagnostic tests for…
Ben Kemp
August 19, 2025
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BIVDA welcomes new member Roopra Medical

BIVDA are delighted to welcome Roopra Medical as new members! Roopra Medical has over 10 years of consulting and advisory experience in the IVD and medical devices and diagnostics field, ranging from technical services and project management to general management within national and international jurisdictions. They provide many services to assist organisations with the process of new product strategy, planning…
Ben Kemp
August 18, 2025
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Member Spotlight: Forte Medical

Who we are: We focus on designing and making precision urine collection devices that fix collection processes, for which there are no protocols. Our work reduces the burden of repeat patient visits to GPs and outpatient clinics. We also reduce burden on labs of repeat tests and false-positives, allowing microbiology teams to focus on first-time tests - and adding value…
Ben Kemp
August 18, 2025
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Invite ICBs and NHS Trusts to take part in Value Based Procurement Standard Guidance pilot

As members may have noticed, the Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England and the Life Sciences Sector Plan commits the publication of the national VBP standard guidance in early Spring 2026. To evaluate the draft standard guidance before national rollout, DHSC has invited Trusts and ICBs to take part in the piloting phase running from September…
Ben Kemp
August 13, 2025
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