Medilink Midlands’ Connectivity Manager Chris Dyke recently participated in a trade mission in Madrid, to promote the Midlands region to life sciences businesses and discover the opportunities the Spanish market has to offer. In this blog, he reports on the event and shares his key learnings. Warm welcome for the...
Women in IP podcast
As part of World IP Day (which is observed annually on 26 April), AdamsonJones spoke to three of their intellectual property (IP) specialists – Catherine Ayers, Georgina Bagnall and Paven Munder – on what issues women face in the industry. They tell us what their experience has been like and...
Best and Brightest from UK Science, Engineering and Tech to Join DSIT under New Expert Exchange
First science, engineering and tech expert secondees beginning work soon, after accepting placements at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) DSIT’s Expert Exchange secondment scheme bringing deep sector expertise into government, in key areas like AI and quantum part of Science and Technology Secretary’s plans to leverage talent...
UK’s Next Generation of Medical Researchers Given Funding Boost
£50 million given to 90 charities to fund revolutionary new medical research into diseases such as cancer, dementia and motor neurone disease. Over 1,200 early career researchers set to benefit from the funding, sustaining the future of the medical research industry. Funding backs PM’s priorities to support the NHS, provide...
Delivering Accelerated Data Acquisition Services for the Medical Device Start-up Business at No Net Cost
A major unmet need for a medical device start-up is how to acquire industry benchmarking data or relevant performance data to inform their product development without the substantial time and cost associated with conventional trials. For the fledgling start-up the cost of data acquisition is often perceived as a significant,...
Driving Innovation in Midlands Healthcare – a collaboration with the University of Leicester’s Institute for Precision Health.
A Charnwood Campus Cluster NHS and Academia Collaboration Platform event, part of a series of events to support the growth and success of the life science organisations clustered around Charnwood Campus Science, Innovation and Technology Park. World leading clinicians, academics, business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and stakeholders gathered at Charnwood Campus...
Medilink Midlands members royally recognised with the King’s Award for Enterprise 2023
We are delighted to announce that two of our member businesses in the East Midlands – Upperton Pharma Solutions and SureScreen Diagnostics - have been crowned winners of the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise. The King’s Awards for Enterprise are designed to recognise and encourage outstanding achievements in the fields...
Empowering Women in Biotech
Over 70 women working in biotech came together for an energising and inspiring event: ‘Empowering Women in Biotech’ which was held in Loughborough, UK on the 18th April 2023. The event set out to help women, wherever they are in the career path, realise their future goals and generate a...
Eresby School Visit
Micronclean SKIEs Values states – "Investing in people is not about being nice to people (although this helps) but rather ensuring that we have people who share the value set of our SKIEs." This statement encompasses the work that has taken place in collaboration with Eresby Special School. Recently, we've...
Bluefrog Design – Apne Scan Ltd
Bluefrog Design has developed Apne-Scan for Apnea Tech Ltd. ApneScan is designed to triage patients with suspected sleep apnoea. A Bluetooth enabled, easy to use, low cost, single use device that screens for sleep apnoea by monitoring the breath pathway. With the potential to increase capacity within busy sleep clinics,...