Four life sciences companies from across the UK will benefit from the first tranche of Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) grants. Four life sciences companies from across the UK will benefit from the first tranche of Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) grants £277 million will help fund and advance life sciences...
£70m of Unspent Games Funding to be Targeted on Levelling Up Region
Around £70m of unspent Commonwealth Games funding is to be used to realise the Games' legacy ambitions, help level up and grow the West Midlands economy and boost its trade and tourism sectors. The Government will provide the money, which is £10m more than originally announced, to the West Midlands...
ESA funding approved for manufacture of XCAM’s world first particle contamination monitor for space flight
Following an 8-year technical development programme in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), UK based XCAM Ltd, leaders in specialist digital camera systems, are delighted to announce significant further funding from ESA for the manufacture of its Space Particle Fall Out (PFO) Monitor. Due to be ready to launch...
Nottingham’s medical imaging researchers use AI to study multiple sclerosis
Neurology researchers at Nottingham are studying how artificial intelligence can help plan treatment for people with multiple sclerosis. Nikos Evangelou, Professor of Neurology at the University of Nottingham and honorary consultant Neurologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said: "As part of monitoring patients with Multiple Sclerosis, we do lots...
West Midlands Innovation Accelerator to Spark Growth and Innovation
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) prepares to launch the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator to bolster the region’s innovation and R&D capability and capacity to spark commercial growth and investment. First announced in the Government’s 2022 Levelling up White Paper, the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator will commence in May 2023, funded...
Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2023 Winners
Previous Next The Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2023, sponsored by the University of Birmingham and the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator Ltd, were held last night and saw thirteen life science companies based in the East and West Midlands receive awards from Start-Up to Outstanding Achievement. A further six companies received...
UK Budget 2023 – Life Sciences Update
The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Spring Budget to Parliament on Wednesday 15 March 2023. This Spring Budget highlights the following points for the whole of the life science industry. A lot of emphasis has been given to the UK becoming Global Leader in Science initiatives. The Government could work on...
Polyflon Medical launches new website
Polyflon Medical, UK medical tubing component specialists, have unveiled their brand new website redesign. The company, with over 30 years of experience in the engineering of polymer materials, relaunched their website in order to create a more seamless visitor experience and showcase their range of medical tube components in a...
Albumedix and Heartseed announce Recombumin® as a critical excipient in the manufacture of Heartseed’s HS-001 investigational cell therapy as its first in-human trial commences
Albumedix Ltd ('Albumedix'), Nottingham, United Kingdom, now part of the global life science group Sartorius, and Heartseed Inc ('Heartseed'), Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday 14th March 2023, announce that Recombumin® is a critical component of Heartseed's HS-001, an investigational cardiac remuscularization cell therapy which has commenced first in human dosing. Recombumin, an animal and human...
Medilink Midlands: New Appointments Announced
The Board of Medilink Midlands is delighted to announce two major new appointments. Melanie Davidson has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Andrea Dawson as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Finance Officer with immediate effect. Simon Himsworth the previous Chief Executive Officer has now moved onto newer pastures, and we wish...