🦅 Only 6 weeks to go until the Barclays Eagle Labs Health Elevate event!

Free to attend on 3 July, industry experts, innovators, providers, academics & health professionals will showcase transformation through collaboration, innovation and technology.

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Yesterday, Craig Mackinlay MP MP returned to Parliament for the first time since having his hands and feet amputated due to sepsis.

He movingly thanked the NHS workers who saved his life and called for greater awareness of the signs of sepsis.

bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol…

🇬🇧 A UK general election has been called for 4 July.

BIVDA are well-prepared for this election having fostered good relations with the Opposition & current Government.

We look forward to continuing to advocate for the UK diagnostics industry whoever forms the next government.

👀Want to see an exemplar of successful diagnostic development 'Achieving successful outcomes through SME/academia collaboration'? 🌟

Visit our YouTube channel, to watch Upfront Diagnostics Dr Edoardo Gaude's presentation at #DxNEConf24 .

Watch it here 📽️youtu.be/Tv1ls6QasiY?si…

💸 Great news that GSK have pledged £45m to support the Fleming Initiative's unique approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Significant investment from the private sector is of paramount importance if we are to meaningfully combat AMR 👇

imperial.ac.uk/news/253335/gs…

🌐The Network will connect the 14 recently established HRCs, & work alongside industry to help develop innovations & support their adoption.

BIVDA will facilitate relationships between our members & the HRC Network to ensure innovative tests are delivered to patients sooner.

🎉 A warm welcome to new BIVDA member Turner Howie.

Founded by Alison Howie in early 2017, Turner Howie provide a range of consultancy services to innovators in life sciences.

Learn more about them here 👇

turnerhowie.com

❕A stark warning from Professor Dame Sally Davies, UK special envoy on AMR:

“If we haven’t made good strides in the next 10 years, then I’m really scared.”

We must not sleepwalk into the future, silent pandemic of #AMR ; we must be prepared.

theguardian.com/global-develop…

🔬 Thank you to BIVDA member UK NML ChemBio&GC for hosting us on a hands-on visit to their facilities.

Touring their laboratories provided a tangible and engaging glimpse into their world-leading chemical and biological measurement science.

#MedicalDiagnostics

👩‍⚕️ This is a fantastic development which makes is easier for blind and partially sighted people to use the FIT test for bowel cancer screening.

Improving accessibility in testing is an important ambition, one which will save countless lives 👇

theguardian.com/society/articl…