Head of Regulatory from Government’s UK Health Security Agency joins PocDoc

A strategic hire for PocDoc, Rob Barber brings his extensive experience in regulatory affairs to the innovative medical technology company.

Rob Barber

PocDoc can today announce that Rob Barber, a 35 year veteran in the invitro diagnostic devices and software-as-medical device (SaMD) has joined the growing team in Cambridge as Head of Regulatory and Quality.

Most recently, Rob has led the UK Health Security Agency’s regulatory affairs with specific responsibility for all COVID-19 testing and reporting, including Test and Trace, throughout the pandemic.

Prior to this, Rob led regulatory teams at Uniliver, Thermo Fisher and Olympus.

He is a lead auditor for BIVDA (British In-Vitro Diagnostics Association) of which PocDoc is also a member.

CEO's Statement

Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc says “We we’re lucky enough to work with Rob during our partnership with the Department of Health during the pandemic and were universally impressed with his deep experience and insight in both invitro diagnostics and SaMD, both key areas of development for PocDoc. We are really pleased he is joining our team at such an exciting time and will help us scale our PocDoc testing proposition in the UK and complete our regulatory process for a US launch.”

Rob Barber on Joining PocDoc

Rob Barber, Head of Regulatory at PocDoc says “I have been deeply impressed with PocDoc’s technology and market approach and believe they are delivering a true step change in patient and clinician experience by allowing quantitative diagnostics to be done via the PocDoc app. I’ve not seen anyone else solving this problem in such a holistic, customer-centric and patient-centric way before. With my extensive experience I am looking forward to joining the team and helping PocDoc grow in the UK and launch in the US."