Ashley has reported on health care market issues with Citleline and legacy companies since 1988, initially as a linguist on the France and Germany desk and later becoming editor of three titles. Two publications are his current focus for written and multimedia (panel moderating and podcasts) content: In Vivo (global medtech market access); and Medtech Insight (regulation and policy content for the UK, European and Asia markets).
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Trojan Bio’s proprietary platform, based on engineered antibodies that activate the immune system to fight cancer in the same way as common viral infections, won Biomed Israel's 2025 biopharma start-up award. CEO and cofounder Anat Burkovitz said the technology is attracting investors' attention.
The UK government’s blueprint to deliver an NHS "fit for the future" was released on July 3.
Against a backdrop of shifting trade policies, the end of multilateral market approaches and renewed focus on supply chain resilience, medtechs are doubling down on innovation in products and processes – using AI – and keeping unmet needs and outcomes in the center of the target.
The NHS 10-Year Plan officially released on July 3 will crystalize NICE’s Rules-Based Pathway – a new concept for medtech evaluation that will come with a guarantee of funding – but only for a select number of products. Government to also introduce “innovator passport” to speed innovation into NHS.
MedTech Forum 2025 was less MDR-focused than in previous years, as macro issues and exogenous threats were forced further into the center of medtech business thinking.
Healthcare product industries await publication of the NHS 10-Year Plan, due out the coming days, which will focus on health generally not just the NHS, UK health secretary Wes Streeting said during a final prelaunch event on 24 June.