British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA): NGO against COVID-19 ^{Non-funding Support}

Entity: British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA): NGO against COVID-19

Category: Non-funding support

Description: BIVDA is the national industry association for the manufacturers and distributors of IVD products in the UK and currently represent more than 95% of the industry and over a hundred organisations ranging from British start up companies to UK subsidiaries of multinational corporations. BIVDA is supporting the UK public health authorities and the NHS to ensure there is appropriate testing for the UK population.

1. Programme Title: Testing Methods Sourcing Platform
Summary: New and novel solutions to help increase Coronavirus testing methods, supplies and capacity across the UK. This platform is a partnership between the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Bioindustry Association, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association and the Royal College of Pathologists.

Royal College of Pathologists in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Bioindustry Association, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association, has setup a sourcing platform to seek new and novel solutions to help deliver 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of April.