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Janssen-Cilag’s Drug Invokana Recommended by NICE for Type 2 Diabetes

03 July 2014

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said it will cover Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen-Cilag’s diabetes drug Invokana (canagliflozin) as a treatment for people with type 2 Diabetes. The decision, which will allow the drug to...
Nine in Ten CCGs Sign Up for Co-commissioning as NHS Managers Pave Way for Performance Managing GPs

03 July 2014

GPs could see themselves performance-managed by colleagues, after NHS England revealed plans for CCGs to ‘monitor contractual performance’ and negotiate PMS contracts. According to newly released board papers, 183 of England’s 211 CCGs have...
How Can Games and Gamification Improve Health and Care?

03 July 2014

Tuesday, 8 July 2014 - 6:30 PM Faraday Wharf, Innovation Birmingham Campus Holt Street, Birmingham Science Park Aston, B7 4BB, Birmingham This event is co-produced with Games for Health UK - the satellite for Games for Health EU movement. Together we will...
Can new Language make HPC Programming Easy?

01 July 2014

"Julia," a powerful but flexible programming language, is a promising solution to the complex and time-consuming programmes being increasingly developed for high performance computing (HPC) to meet big data needs. Current HPC programming tools are...
AgriFood KTPs Launched

01 July 2014

Want to increase the capacity of your organisation to innovate? Want to develop a closer working relationship with a research group? Want to embed new expertise in your company? Work in the agri-food sectors? If you answered yes to these questions...
New Sensor to Detect Harmful Bacteria on Food Industry Surfaces

01 July 2014

A new device designed to sample and detect foodborne bacteria is being trialled by scientists at the University of Southampton. The Biolisme project is using research from the University to develop a sensor capable of collecting and detecting Listeria...
£2.5 Million Available to Small Business as SBRI Healthcare – Competition Open Closes 10 July

01 July 2014

Got an idea that could provide potential value to the health service or provide patient benefit? Have a look at the latest SBRI competitions, but be quick, the closing date is July 10th. SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop innovative...
Digital Innovators – Health X Innovation Initiative Now Open

01 July 2014

Health X is an open invitation to European-based digital innovators. The mission is to get people moving more and eating better through a collaboration between the best emerging softwares and applications and Public Health England's scale and resource. PHE...
Smart Glasses Developed with NIHR i4i Funding Now Being Trialled

01 July 2014

Smart glasses, developed with NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding, are now being trialled in Oxford in people with poor vision. Oxford University researchers are measuring how their smart glasses can help people with limited vision navigate and avoid...
A Designer's Headache

01 July 2014

At the end of March, Sataya Nadella the new CEO of Microsoft gave his first keynote speech only 52 days into his new role. Speaking at the company’s Cloud conference, also dubbed the ‘Office for iPad’ event, he expressed Microsoft’s vision...

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