NIHR London IVD Co-operative

London In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative is a partnership between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are one of four NIHR centres in England that generate evidence to support diagnostic test development. It is a pan-London and South East initiative, led by MedCity. London IVD are a key partner, alongside UCL and Queen Mary’s and we bring our expertise in diagnostics related evidence generations to the partnership. The idea is a ‘one-stop-shop’ platform to stimulate growth of diagnostic companies by enabling easy and comprehensive access to the relevant capabilities offered by the partner organisations. Manufacturing and other capabilities will also be included in the future. In addition to teaching the fundamentals of evidence to innovators, London IVD hosts individual sessions with innovators, reviewing where they are in terms of evidence supported value propositions and what the next step might be to optimise their route to (the NHS) market. In the longer term, we will be working with our partners to offer this more widely to any aspiring innovators nationally as well as internationally.