Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
Will we ever get any if this is how contracts are given out! Taken from the Guardian article over 2 months ago
A healthcare firm which employs the prominent Conservative politician Owen Paterson as a paid consultant has been awarded a £133m contract without any other firms being given the opportunity to bid for the work.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has given Randox the contract to produce testing kits to help respond to the coronavirus pandemic. It was awarded “without prior publication of a call for competition”, according to details of the contract seen by the Guardian.
Matt Han****’s department awarded the contract last month under fast-track arrangements that enable public bodies dealing with the pandemic to give contracts to commercial companies quickly without the need to ask other firms to bid for them.
Who's getting impatient on the DIVOC website!
https://www.divoc.health/news/covid-testing-logistical-challenges-and-how-to-address-them#comments
This could be good news for GDR especially in light of the Randox tests!
The NHS will get an extra £3 billion in funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, Boris Johnson is set to announce.
In the wake of a dire warning of the consequences of Covid-19 rebounding, Number 10 said the funding will allow extra hospital capacity and routine treatments and procedures to continue.
The Prime Minister will also use a Downing Street press conference on Friday to commit to a new target of reaching the capacity for 500,000 coronavirus tests a day by November.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/nhs-to-get-3bn-extra-funding-to-protect-against-possible-second-wave-of-coronavirus-boris-johnson-to-a4500816.html
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Did you also see my earlier post to show DB is in conversation with Tom Jordan over POC testing
https://testingmethods.crowdicity.com/post/3167180
I don't know if this has been posted before but DB is obviously in contact with Tom Jordan by email over this development as well!
https://testingmethods.crowdicity.com/post/3167180
I have been reading with interest all the various info and views on here today and just think the sales team have been on furlough!
I wonder at times if I am on the wrong bus.
However, I have decided that I will see the journey through and hopefully pick up some decent customers on the way. When we reach our destination I hope it will be a great place to be and realise that I have been on the right bus all along. Today was the inconvenience of a puncture. We have not left the road and the journey continues.
C’mon driver Dave Budd. Put your foot down!
Have a great ride
Technick
This product from Primer Design is on the Catalogue of Resources. How does it compare to our product if you don't mind having look?
https://res.cloudinary.com/crowdicity-eu-cld/image/upload/Exsig_Direct_Covid-19_-_PrimerDesign-Novacyt_ic6bid
Let's hope GDR will get an invite to this party!
Tens of thousands of people in "high-risk" jobs will be tested for coronavirus despite having no symptoms as part of a new government scheme.
People including taxi drivers, cleaners and shop assistants will be involved in the pilot announced by the Department of Health and Social Care today.
The DHSC said the testing, which begins tomorrow, would improve understanding of the prevalence of the virus among those who are judged to be at higher risk.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/thousands-of-cleaners-and-taxi-drivers-to-get-coronavirus-tests-without-any-symptoms/ar-BB16wRbB?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=ACERDHP15
On the GDR Linkedin page it states "Genedrive has been re-certified to ISO13485 standards following 3 day inspection by our Notified Body this week. ISO 13485 provides us the practical foundation to address the IVD Directive, regulations and responsibilities, as well as demonstrating a commitment to customers regarding the safety and quality of our medical devices."
This is just one more piece of the puzzle for the UK market!
National Innovation Centre NHS shows this to be the preferred standard when it comes to advice on procurement
"It is advisable to choose a supplier who works to a quality management system such as ISO 13485"
http://knowledge.nic.nhs.uk/documentDetails.aspx?docId=56
Perhaps DB has been gagged by the regulatory bodies in the UK because they know it is the best test around and have promised to buy GDR’s entire stock with a slice of the £5 billion, pending approval. Hence no sales recorded yet!
Maybe that’s why they are not pushing for regulatory approval and sales as well as they could do in other countries! That could come later when production has been massively ramped up for global demand on the back of UK sales. That would also save on initial shipping costs.
Possibly we’ve all been looking too far afield at the current time and the solution to sales is right under our noses!
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Thought it might be useful to post this link. Might account for the time delays!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-evaluation-of-commercially-available-diagnostic-products/guidance-for-industry-on-evaluations-of-diagnostic-products-for-coronavirus-covid-19
I didn't see what was to laugh about at all. It doesn't matter who asked the question whether it was Grimshady - Mike Potten from Cornwall or whoever. The response seems to be genuine and I'm happy there is ongoing work in this area.
Perhaps we will see a massive RNS with millions of tests being sold in the UK!
Perhaps we will still be involved in the UK market. Looks like they're still interested!
https://testingmethods.crowdicity.com/post/3237330
GDR still a no show on today's list for India approvals
https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/covid/kits/RT_PCR_Tests_Kits_Evaluation_Summ_07072020.pdf
I really thought this piece of the jigsaw would have been in place by now!
A senior bureaucrat, who is part of one of the 11 empowered committee of secretaries to manage the Covid pandemic, said India has ramped up its testing infrastructure and can conduct 5 lakh(500,000) Covid-19 tests a day.
“Two lakh(200,000) antigen kits are getting developed every day. As of now, 72 lakh (7.2 million) antigen kits are available with us,” said the official, who did not want to be named.
“There is no shortage of testing facilities/kits. We can easily do 2.5 lakh(250,000) RT-PCR test with the facilities available and another 2 lakh(200,000) antigen test,” the official added. “An additional 50,000 tests can be conducted using TRUNAT machines.”
There has been a big push for antigen tests in the last few weeks. The antigen tests cost Rs 450(£4.83) each.
At that amount shown with the number of tests available, will GDR ever get their test to market in India at their target price? Perhaps too late and too expensive, particularly now India is calling for more rapid POC tests, with 14 different companies already on the list to be considered for validation and currently we are nowhere near getting that to market either.
Let’s hope there are plenty of other opportunities if this doesn’t come off in India!
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/covid-testing-numbers-on-rise-but-states-are-feeling-the-pinch-of-high-rt-pcr-costs/ar-BB16lDqI