‘Designing and Developing New Products in a Regulated Industry’ will take place at Lecture Theatre, Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital Site, Wednesday 20th January 2016 @ 10am – 12.30pm Subject matter to be covered includes: Introduction to Quality Management Systems Life and Health Sciences Regulations, including pharma, diagnostics, medical devices and clinical trials Medical Device
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The Clinical Innovation Collaborative is holding its 2nd conference which aims to build relationships between Northern Ireland clinical researchers and the pharmaceutical industry with a view to increasing collaborative research and adoption of innovation. Using a cross-sector approach with the needs of patients at the centre of the plans, the event is aimed at enhancing
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Antrim Area Hospital’s Pharmacy and Medicines Management Centre was successful with two projects in the recent 16th Northern Ireland Health Care Awards. LAMPS (Live Automated Microbiology Pharmacy Surveillance System), its software-based surveillance system for monitoring antimicrobial resistance, won in the award category ‘Innovations in quality and efficiency through technology’, whilst WriteMed, an electronic Medicines Reconciliation
Read more ...The Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre (C-TRIC) at Altnagelvin Hospital has announced details of its seventh annual translational medicine conference. The event will focus on ‘Big data and Data Analytics in Precision Medicine’ and will take place on 26th and 27th October 2015 at the City Hotel, Derry/Londonderry.
Read more ...‘Designing and Developing New Products in a Regulated Industry’ is the title of an event which will take place at C-TRIC, Altnagelvin Hospital, on 22nd May at noon.
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A study using the meningococcal disease diagnostic developed at the laboratories in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, has recently been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The paper concludes that the meningococcal LAMP assay is straightforward enough to use in any hospital with basic laboratory facilities and provides diagnostically accurate and clinically useful results.
Read more ...NISP CONNECT at the Northern Ireland Science Park has announced that the 2015 INVENT competition is now open. One of the most useful door-opening opportunities for science and technology innovators in Northern Ireland, the 2015 search for the region’s inventions with the greatest commercial potential is seeking applications for innovations across six categories including ‘Life and Health’.
Read more ...Belfast Health and Social Caree Trust licensee HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd has raised €2m. The company will use this round of funding to support the commercialisation of its first two rapid molecular tests for Meningococcal Meningitis and Group B Streptococcus, which were developed at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and which it has licenced from Belfast HSC Trust.
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On 1st October 2014 HSC Innovations, in conjunction with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT), the Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI) and the HSC R&D Division, delivered a seminar on “Getting Started in Research” for members of staff in the Northern Trust. This is a report on the seminar.
Read more ...A forthcoming event organised by Craigavon Borough Council in partnership with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust will encourage commercial and clinical collaboration by presenting opportunities for joint research and new product development. ‘At the Heart of It’ will take place at the Craigavon Civic and Conference Centre on 28th November 2014.
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