Life Sciences sector plan

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13 April 2026

MHRA secures £3.6m to expand AI regulatory sandbox

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has secured funding to expand its AI Airlock regulatory sandbox.
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Richard Stubbs, chair, Health Innovation Network, and Dame Barbara Hakin, chair, Health Tech Alliance
22 October 2025

Can the UK become a global powerhouse for HealthTech?

Decisive reforms have created an economic opening for health technologies, write Richard Stubbs and Dame Barbara Hakin
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Coffee Time Briefing
28 August 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Briefing includes how language barriers impact care delivery and the new European Data and AI Policy Manifesto.
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26 August 2025

Digital Health Unplugged: What does the 10 year plan mean for HealthTech?

Jordan Sollof is joined by Dame Barbara Hakin, chair of the Health Tech Alliance, to reflect on the government’s NHS
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Lawrence Tallon, chief executive at MHRA
6 August 2025

NHS to get early access to MedTech ahead of regulatory approval

Manufacturers will be able to supply innovative medical devices to the NHS before obtaining full regulatory approval, under a new
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Woman in lab coat looking in microscope
16 July 2025

Life sciences plan aims to support a prevention-focused NHS

The government's Life Sciences Sector Plan aims to harness scientific innovation for economic growth and support a prevention-focused NHS.
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Coffee Time Briefing
8 July 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Find out more about two new PAS launches and the news that all babies born in the UK could have
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