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Leicestershire County Cricket Club’s medical centre will continue to be at the forefront of sports science and medicine after renewing the naming rights with Morningside Pharmaceuticals. Prior to the creation of the Morningside Medical Centre at the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, players and visitors were treated offsite for injuries...

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The Association of Dental Dealers in Europe (ADDE) recently elected a new president, vice president and board members during its 55th annual general assembly. The board is composed of representatives from leading European dental industry associations. On 27 April, the association’s members elected Ed Attenborough of the UK...

AdamsonJones, a growing East-Midlands based firm of patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys, is pleased to announce that David Gwilliam, Eilidh Pugh and Jenny Vaughan have all been promoted to the position of Partner. These new promotions strengthen the firm’s life sciences team, an area of technical expertise that has...

Pure Drug Safety has been recognised for the contribution it makes to life sciences, by becoming the newest Patron of Medilink East Midlands (EM). Medilink EM works with life science businesses, academic institutions and the NHS across the East Midlands, to help new and existing life science companies to develop...

Olberon Ltd, a medical device innovation company based in Nottingham, working with its commercial partner ASep Healthcare Limited, has negotiated exclusive distribution rights in the UK and Ireland with Independence Products Ltd of Nottingham to win the first UK orders for its Vacuderm™ and Vacuderm for Kids™ tourniquet products. Commenting...

Greater reassurance is being given to NHS front-line staff and patients, as the UK’s first fully accredited Life Science Industry register has joined forces with Medical Industry Ltd’s Medical Industry Accredited system (MIA). The Life Science Industry register is the first of its kind and sets national standards for Life...

Medical technology businesses in the South East Midlands can apply to cover 50% of their clinical evaluation costs, thanks to a project delivered by Medilink East Midlands and part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN). Grants are available to qualifying...

Nottingham-based leading DMPK provider, XenoGesis, has been selected as a CRO partner to support the UK Medicines Discovery Catapult Virtual R&D Discovery Services platform worldwide. Based at BioCity Nottingham, XenoGesis is one of 22 world-class CROs chosen for the partnerships by the UK government’s Medicines Discovery Catapult. Part of a...

Technology inspired by love-bites can increase the diameter of veins by up to a third and cut the number of botched injections on the NHS, say researchers. Developed by Olberon Medical Innovations with support from Nottingham Trent University, it is based on a tourniquet that includes a manual pumping dome...

Business support is now available for life science companies in the South East Midlands, thanks to a project delivered by Medilink East Midlands and part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). ACTIS is a £2.1 million scheme, part-funded by ERDF, to provide support for eligible companies in the South...