Locate Therapeutics, a leading UK regenerative medicine company today announced that it has received a Biomedical Catalyst Primer Award for a potentially breakthrough personalised cell therapy development project. Called CellFuse, the project is designed to demonstrate the ability of its combined IntraStem synthetic peptide-based intracellular delivery system and TAOS® *...
Fresh Logistics complete marketing campaign with Ribena and TRO with great success
Fresh Logistics, a temperature controlled solutions company based in Derby, partnered with TRO over the summer to deliver a nationwide sampling campaign for Ribena. Throughout the five-week guerrilla campaign, they delivered over one million chilled bottles of ‘ready to drink’ Ribena. TRO were looking for a chilled distribution solution that...
Medilink East Midlands’ Corporate Challenge Team achieve a great result for the 2nd year running
It wasn’t long after recovering from last year’s Corporate Challenge that the Medilink East Midlands team decided to enter the 2017 event, with a few extra colleagues taking on the run. The Nottingham Post Corporate Challenge took place as part of the Robin Hood Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday...
Fresh Logistics wins ‘Refrigerated Courier of the Year’ award
Fresh Logistics, who specialise in offering temperature controlled logistical solutions for their customers, have been honoured for the third time as ‘Refrigerated Courier of the Year’ at the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution awards 2017. The event was held at the impressive Ricoh Arena and featured many of the major...
Episode 2 of the Med-Talk podcast is out now
The MedTalk Podcast brings together the editors of the MedTech Innovation, Digital Health Age, European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Medical Plastics News. Expect a light-hearted take on the latest news in the medical technology, digital health and pharma industries. Episode 2 is now available for you to download on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher. On this...
Indian biotech leaders visit Birmingham for life science facilities briefing
A delegation of Indian biotech company leaders visited the University of Birmingham yesterday to see the life sciences cluster, where the University’s world-leading research is translated into new medical therapies. The delegation travelled to Birmingham as part of bioConclave 2017 - an annual gathering of Indian life science business leaders,...
New Medical Device Regulation sparks burning questions for home oxygen providers
It may not have made many headlines, but when the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) came into force on May 26 this year, it brought important implications for all economic operators in the medical device supply chain in Europe, including home oxygen providers. While it doesn’t change the status of...
The ‘Medilimpers’ are running to support The Ear Foundation
On Sunday 24th September, some of the Medilink East Midlands Team are taking part in the Nottingham Post Corporate Challenge, part of the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Marathon. Following the success of raising £270 last year, we've decided to once again fundraise for The Ear Foundation. The Ear Foundation is...
Life Sciences: Industrial strategy
The report, written by Life Science’s Champion Professor Sir John Bell, provides recommendations to government on the long term success of the life sciences sector. It was written in collaboration with industry, academia, charity, and research organisations. The report is organised into 7 themes: -Health Advanced Research Programme (HARP) proposal...
£86 million funding announced for new medicine and technology
The government has announced new funding of up to £86 million for UK firms to develop medical breakthroughs. The package will allow small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop and test new technologies in the NHS. This could include innovations such as digital technologies to help patients manage their...
