RECENT NEWS

Citylabs 4.0, a new £42million specialist laboratory and office space, is now officially open at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust’s (MFT) Oxford Road hospital campus, in a further boost to the city’s position as a leading hub for health innovation.

Royal Philips has announced the expansion of its partnership with Ibex Medical Analytics and a new release of Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution to further accelerate the adoption of AI-enabled digital pathology.

Digital pathology firm Techcyte has launched Fusion, its first open, standards-based, SaaS platform designed to unify anatomic and clinical pathology workflows.

A new Priority Pathogens reference tool aims to support national funders of research and development into diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics.

A newly announced partnership will see Pictor Labs' ReStain virtual staining technology integrated directly into Pramana’s advanced SpectralHT scanners.

Chicago-based healthcare system Northwestern Medicine has entered into a new collaboration with Vitestro, which will include testing of Vitestro's autonomous robotic phlebotomy device Aletta.

Digital pathology firm Gestalt, and Primaa, a MedTech pioneer specialising in AI-based dermatopathology solutions, have announced a strategic partnership.

Diagnexia has announced an exclusive partnership with Artera to bring the ArteraAI Prostate Biopsy Assay to the UK.

The IBMS and global innovation consultancy PA Consulting have released the second paper in the ‘Earlier Diagnostics’ series, offering a strategic blueprint for optimising UK diagnostic services.

Revvity has expanded its alliance with Genomics England to further collaborate on the Generation Study. Under the new contract, Revvity will now also provide DNA sequencing services to help screen newborns for rare genetic conditions.

Mindpeak is to partner with AstraZeneca to deploy and evaluate AI-powered digital pathology risk assessment tools for breast cancer. The new collaboration will evaluate Mindpeak Breast H&E AI software for primary breast cancer diagnosis in Brazil, Egypt, and Kenya.

Pathology software company Aiosyn and Pramana, a company supplying automated digital pathology solutions, have announced a collaboration to deliver inline detection of kidney structures in histology whole-slide images (WSIs).

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has expanded the list of notifiable diseases and pathogens that registered medical professionals and diagnostic laboratories in England must report.

HistoIndex, a global leader in stain-free digital pathology solutions for managing fibrotic diseases, has announced the launch of its first laboratory developed test (LDT) FibroSIGHT.

NHS England has announced the incoming team who will help lead the organisation’s transition into the Department of Health and Social Care.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has launched genomic surveillance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a bid to monitor drug resistance, tackle harder to treat viral strains, and detect outbreaks sooner.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) welcomed Health Minister Karin Smyth MP to its science campus recently as part of British Science Week to demonstrate how innovations become safe, effective treatments for NHS patients.

The government has revealed more details on how the functions of NHS England will be absorbed into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), saying the move will reduce bureaucracy, make savings and empower NHS staff to deliver better care for patients.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to "cut bureaucracy" and bring management of the health service "back into democratic control", in a speech on 13 March about reshaping the state and civil service.

Veterinary microbiologists and pathologists are at the forefront of addressing antimicrobial resistance in animals. A new position statement from The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) focuses on a series of recommendations to help tackle this global threat.