Whatever your opinion about replacing people with machines, no one will suffer a serious injury for an incorrect line-call decision. This was proved at Wimbledon when someone accidentally turned Hawk-Eye off mid-game – a player got a bit annoyed, a commentator was confused, no one died. AI in medical devices is a different ball game.

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I haven’t heard of anyone who doubts the staggering potential of the point-of-care diagnostics industry and the positive impact that it could provide to many areas of life. The benefits for healthcare alone should attract the immediate attention of anyone taking a strategic view of developing the IVD sector for a better future. I’m not demanding eye-watering levels of financial investment (although… you know). I’m just proposing that we would benefit from a sense of direction to help the...