Funding for the four UK Diagnostic Evidence Co-operatives (DECs), which were set up by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in 2013, is coming to an end at the close next year. That means a restructuring of the activities and new methods of funding are imminent.
UK Diagnostic Fret Over Loss of Support In Evidence Centers Restructure
Changes are afoot for the four UK Diagnostic Evidence Co-operatives that help generate clinical and cost-effectiveness data for innovative IVDs. Companies worry it could mean diagnostic industry needs get lost among broad medtech targets. Also, a roundup of the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association's key priorities, including the EU IVD Regulation, procurement issues, antimicrobial resistance, and of course, Brexit, highlighted at the group's 2016 annual meeting.
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