NOTTINGHAM, 07 February, 2023 – Pioneer Group (formerly the BioCity Group), the leading life sciences venture incubator in the UK, today announces its lead investment in Selentus Science, a surgical innovator, to support the development of new surgical haemostat, TenaTac®. No financial details have been disclosed. Selentus has developed...
Innovate UK are reaching out to MedTech companies in the UK
Innovate UK have asked us to investigate gaps in UK scale-up manufacturing for the MedTech sector. We are therefore reaching out to companies who have developed or are developing MedTech in the UK to collate gaps and issues you have come across. The combined and anonymised findings of this work will...
Forresters announces Partner and Senior Associate promotions
Forresters is delighted to announce the promotion of four patent attorneys, including two new Partners and two new Senior Associates. Charlotte Sunderland and Jagvir Purewal have been promoted to Partner, bringing the total number of Partners at Forresters to 23. Kate Selwyn and Ryan Mitchell have been promoted to...
New strategy to boost NHS access to innovative medical technology
The medical technology strategy will ensure patients can access safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices. Patients across the UK are set to benefit from access to safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices as part of the first ever medical technology (medtech) strategy published today. The blueprint for boosting...
Guardtech Group launch new CleanCube Mobile Cleanrooms website
Cleanroom construction company unveil the first of their new Guardtech Group subsidiary subsites for portable solutions THE GUARDTECH GROUP have stepped up their quest to offer the most comprehensive cleanroom package around by launching an exciting new website for their CleanCube Mobile Cleanrooms brand. The brand-new site – www.cleancube.co.uk –...
Upperton Pharma Solutions breaks ground on new Nottingham based development and manufacturing facility
Upperton Pharma Solutions, a leading UK contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), is delighted to announce that it has begun construction work for its new Development and GMP Manufacturing headquarters in Nottingham, UK. Working in close collaboration with its principal Design and Build contractor, T-SQUARED the team officially broke ground...
New BioXP system in partnership with Normax
MTIF has partnered with Normax to offer access to the BioXp system by Telesis Bio and to innovate in RNA technology. MTIF are delighted to announce their new collaboration with Normax Biomed Limited to offer access to the BioXP 3250 system from Telesis Bio at their Research Facility to accelerate the development...
Children’s monitor a real lifesaver
A family have praised a local company for helping to keep their children alive. Debbie and Andy Mace from Worksop said a monitor developed by Tutum Medical in Chesterfield helps them to have some life back as a family, alerting them only when a piece of critical lifesaving medical equipment,...
Finalists announced for the Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2023
Thirty-one of the best and brightest life sciences and medtech companies and industry collaborations from across the Midlands have been revealed as finalists in this year’s Medilink Midlands Business Awards. Sponsored by the University of Birmingham and the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA), the annual awards event will once again...
Innovation Spotlight: Will Psychedelics Revolutionize the Treatment of Mental Illnesses?
Mental illnesses, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are a leading cause of disability worldwide. Conventional anti-depressants have a high rate of partial or no response, often fail to improve symptoms, and can cause unpleasant side effects, thus identifying a great need to expand the range of available...