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UK IVD Industry Hindered by Lack of Funding, Structural Issues, Report Says
The white paper, called A Strategic Technology Roadmap for the UK In Vitro Diagnostics Industry, was funded by Innovate UK, the UK's national innovation agency.
A shortage of regulatory capacity continues to slow the implementation of the EU's In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation.
The UK government said it will also invest £26 million to support cancer genomics research, and an additional £22 million to improve genomic data diversity.
The institute recently decided to create a new way to evaluate new tests, called the Early Value Assessment program, which has a six-month turnaround time.
Experts said that the challenges faced during the pandemic are an opportunity to make over and improve the use of diagnostics technologies and workflows for good.