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Innovate UK Smart grant for micro companies and SMEs

Innovate UK is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and world-leading ideas, designed for swift, successful commercialisation. The Innovate UK Smart grant has focused scope and eligibility criteria to support micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their partners in developing genuinely new innovations with significant potential for rapid economic return to the UK. The application process…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
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EU Parliament have approved the EU Commission’s proposal published on 23/1/24

The European Parliament have approved the European Commission’s (EC) proposal published on January 23, 2024. This proposal asks to amend the EU MDR (2017/745) and EU IVDR (2017/746) regarding the transitional extension for certain IVD devices, gradual roll out of EUDAMED and obligations in case of supply interruption. What does this mean? The additional time granted to manufacturers depends on…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
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Watch Springboard DBT webinar featuring Mark Oakes

Last week, the BIVDA Springboard Programme were pleased to welcome Mark Oakes, Head of Life Sciences at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). Mark delivered a fantastic webinar to introduce DBT to our Springboard members and to help us explore all the ways we can work together to continue to build a strong UK life sciences industry. The webinar is available…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2024
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MIC drop launches HRCs

From 1st April, 14 new HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs) replaced the former MedTech and IVD Co-operatives hosted by the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR). Chief Executive Helen Dent presented to the NIHR team to maintain our ties into the new structure.  The HRCs are built to pull together healthcare professionals and industry. Helen set out how how…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
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MHRA designates new UK Approved Body for IVD devices and active implantable medical devices

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have increased the capacity to process conformity assessments for active implantable medical devices and IVD devices with the addition of LNE-GMED UK Limited to their list of UK Approved Bodies, bringing the total number of UK Approved Bodies in the UK to 9. Approved bodies are organisations which the MHRA have designated to assess…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
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Springboard Webinar with the Department of Business and Trade (DBT)

This week, the BIVDA Springboard Programme were really pleased to welcome members of the Department of Business and Trade (DBT) who delivered a fantastic webinar called “The role of DBT and the Life Science Sector Team”. Mark Oakes, Head of Life Sciences at DBT, gave a presentation followed by an interactive Q&A session for attendees, where he talked us through…
Ben Kemp
April 24, 2024
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Helen presents at Royal College of Pathologists Industry Leaders event

  Last Wednesday, Helen presented at the Royal College of Pathologists Industry Leaders event, on the theme of sector collaboration. Helen was clear the path to success is identifying common objectives, then working together to deliver them.  BIVDA play a key part in linking together all system actors and supporting the delivery process. Collaboration is fundamental to diagnostic pathways, through…
Ben Kemp
April 23, 2024
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Kaye hits the ground running with member engagement in her first month

Kaye Walton returned to BIVDA last month as Head of Member Engagement and she has already been extremely busy interacting with members. This fulfils the promise, outlined at our AGM in March, that BIVDA would become a more member-focused organisation which adapted based on member priorities. In her first month in the role, Kaye has enjoyed conversations with members Genedrive,…
Ben Kemp
April 23, 2024
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Free Webinar: EU-IVDR two years on

Join Qserve’s’ Free Webinar: ‘EU-IVDR two years on!’ on 28 May from 16:00-17:00 GMT, where Sue Spencer explains what the proposed extension of the IVDR means for manufacturers. How can IVD manufacturers adjust and utilise the IVDR implementation strategy to manage the transition time efficiently? This webinar aims manufacturers to help them by sharing the current state of play, what…
Ben Kemp
April 23, 2024
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