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In Europe, financially constrained healthcare systems need to cope with an ageing population, rising chronic diseases, epidemics such as Covid-19, increasing costs, new technologies, exploding data and a lack of healthcare workers. How can In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) help in such a context?

Diagnostics play a vital role in the fight against infectious outbreaks, but these tools need to be developed early enough to enable a rapid and effective response. This is where preparedness is essential.

While calls for more prevention in public health strategies are increasing, in vitro diagnosis appears to be a major tool at all stages. Explanation, with Isabelle Tongio, Director of Public and Government Affairs at bioMérieux.

The In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation, by setting high standards of quality and safety, aims to guarantee the proper functioning of the European market and to ensure a high level of health protection for patients and users.

Diagnostics provide health systems with essential information to help manage diseases, whether infectious or not. It is important to understand that there are many different types of diagnostic tests and methods that support healthcare in different ways.