Neupulse has secured funding to advance the world’s first wearable device aimed at tackling Tourettes Syndrome (TS) and other tic disorders towards commercialisation. Neupulse’s recently finalised working prototype stimulates the median nerve in the wrist, reducing the frequency of tics in individuals with TS, a condition that is thought to...
£5k prize fund for innovation development up for grabs at Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2024
The Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2024 will see a ‘winner of all winners’ awarded a £5,000 prize to help advance their innovation. To celebrate 20 years of delivering business support to the region’s life sciences and medtech businesses, Medilink Midlands is offering a £5k prize to one lucky finalist which...
Medilink Midlands has pledged support to the Innovate Cambridge Charter
Medilink Midlands has joined several other organisations by pledging support to the Innovate Cambridge Charter. The Greater Cambridge city region (Cambridge) is established as a globally leading innovation ecosystem. Cambridge is the ‘unicorn capital of Europe’ for deep tech and life sciences companies and should continue to be the most...
Package for life sciences and manufacturing R&D announced ahead of Spring Budget
Ahead of the Spring Budget this week, the chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced an investment package in the UK’s life sciences and manufacturing sectors. The funding will go towards several companies and projects who are making technology in sectors key to economic growth and part of wider government support to...
Round table report: What’s next for AI in healthtech
Recently Medilink Midlands CEO Melanie Davidson took place in a round table hosted by The Business Desk. The round table, sponsored by Tank, a digital marketing agency, saw clinicians, academics, healthtech and data security experts discuss the potential benefits of implementing new technologies, focusing specifically on the role of AI,...
Medilink UK appointed exclusive UK partner by Messe Düsseldorf
Medilink UK, the largest representative body in the UK for life science companies has been chosen as the exclusive UK partner by Messe Düsseldorf for MEDICA 2024 in Germany, one of the biggest medical B2B trade fairs in the world. The partnership also includes other medical trade fairs worldwide organised...
Lil-Lets celebrates 70 years and launches new Organic Cotton range
In 2024 Medilink member Lil-Lets UK limited proudly celebrates 70 years in business and what better way to do so than by bringing new products to market! The company’s latest launch showcases its commitment, understanding and expertise in providing quality, comfortable and absorbent consumer products that also align with sustainability...
Andy Hill (NuVision Biotherapies) discusses recent AOP update to clinical guidelines
There are currently 600,000 people on the NHS waiting list for ophthalmology treatment, and over 5,000,000 people in the UK currently live with dry eye disease. Here, Andy Hill, CEO at NuVision Biotherapies Ltd, discusses a recent update to clinical guidelines and what this means for optometrists, patients and taxpayers. In...
Upperton Pharma Solutions continues growth with appointment of Philip Payne as Chief Commercial Officer
Leading UK contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Upperton Pharma Solutions (Upperton) continues its growth following the build of a new 50,000 sq ft GMP manufacturing facility and recent sterile fill-finish capability announcement, with the appointment of Philip Payne as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Philip joins Upperton’s leadership team and...
Discovering more about… the Ambitious Essex Innovation Accelerator
Aimed at early stage start ups within the Essex area, the Ambitious Essex Innovation Accelerator has been created to encourage and engage with new entrepreneurs and fledgling businesses looking to commercialise their innovations. Helping to establish the project is clinician, entrepreneur and healthcare provider, Dr Poobashni Govender who, having founded...