Evidence Generation for Diagnostics 2026 – Register Now
Are you developing a new diagnostic technology? Proving its clinical and economic value to the NHS is often the hardest part of the commercialisation journey.
The NIHR HRC in Diagnostic…
NIHR i4i FAST – April 2026
Collaborate with the NIHR HRC in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation and North East Innovation Lab for NIHR Invention for Innovation funding.
We are delighted…
2024-25 Highlights
As 2025 draws to a close, we are delighted to share some highlights from our 2024-25 Annual Report.
Our five year £2.99 million HealthTech Research Centre (HRC)…
Evidence Generation for Diagnostics Development 2025 – overview
We introduced key concepts associated with evaluating new diagnostics to individuals from a variety of organisations at our training course.
On 30 September and 1 October 2025, we hosted our…
NIHR i4i FAST – September 2025
Collaborate with the NIHR HRC in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation for NIHR Invention for Innovation FAST funding.
We are delighted to share that the latest National Institute…
Evidence Generation for Diagnostics Development 2025
New diagnostics can provide great advantages to patient care. However, diagnostics developers need to provide a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates these benefits before their technologies can reach the…
Futures Foresight and Horizon Scanning Conference 2025
This two-day hybrid event, hosted by NIHR Innovation Observatory, will bring together researchers, policymakers, data scientists, health professionals, and innovators to explore how futures thinking and horizon scanning can…
Diagnostics North East Conference 2025
Diagnostics North East (DxNE), a consortium of the North East of England’s leading diagnostics organisations, are excited to share the details for the 2025 conference.
As a founding member of…
HRC in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation: Regulatory Advice Questionnaire
Opportunity to help shape the regulatory support we provide to the health technology industry
Understanding medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics regulation can be difficult for health technology developers. There can…
Evaluating a new rapid test for infections
In partnership with the North East Innovation Lab, we are collaborating with ExGen Dx and supporting the development and evaluation of their test for…
Supporting diagnosis of severe stroke
We have helped the company Upfront Diagnostics secure £500,000 funding to collect real-world evidence on their technology for detecting severe stroke.
In collaboration with the Newcastle University…
Launch of HealthTech Research Centre in In-Vitro Diagnostics
We are delighted to share details for this event hosted by our colleagues at the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD).
The team will showcase their…