The Medical Industry Briefing

The latest news, approvals and clinical trials you need to know about this month

Data: News
in Numbers

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UK-based Formula One teams have joined forces with ‘Project Pitlane’ to help scale the production of existing ventilator designs

30,000

Additional ventilators will be needed in the UK to cope with the expected peak of Covid-19 cases in April

40 million

Consumption of face masks in France had soared from four million to more than 40 million per week according to a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron

The number of days it took to transform East London’sExCeL conference centre into the UK’s largest hospital, dubbed NHS Nightingale.

A decade-long study has found percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents is as safe and effective as coronary-artery bypass grafting

3D-printer owners rally to create NHS face masks

Some 1,400 3D-printer owners have pledged to use their machines to help make face shields for the NHS. Started by palliative-medicine doctor James Coxon, the 3DCrowd UK group is now looking to recruit more volunteers.

Source: BBC

EU regulators to propose 1-year MDR delay

In the UK, a new bill which aims to improve regulation for medical devices and ensure patient safety, as well as allow hospitals to develop personalised medicines has come into effect.

Source: MED TECH DIVE

UK considers app to track coronavirus patients

The European Commission is working on a proposal to delay enforcement of the EU Medical Device Regulation by one year.

Source: BRINKWIRE

Russia sends plane full of medical supplies to US

Russia has dispatched a cargo plane with masks and medical equipment to the US after Donald Trump accepted an offer of humanitarian aid from Vladimir Putin to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Source: THE GUARDIAN