Venturefest West Midlands took place on 21 March 2024, providing entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators with the opportunity to meet, engage, and exchange ideas for co-operation and collaboration, particularly in the fields of science and emerging technologies. A key feature of Venturefest West Midlands is its programme featuring industry leaders delivering...
Life Science Group Ltd (LSG) Enhances Capabilities for Advanced Lateral Flow Devices
Life Science Group Ltd Enhances Capabilities for Advanced Lateral Flow Devices Life Science Group Ltd (LSG) is pleased to announce a significant advancement in its capabilities for the delivery of lateral flow devices. This breakthrough comes as a result of a successful funding submission through Innovate UK, aimed at developing...
How to Build a High-Performance Life Science Team
When it comes to recruitment, the life sciences industry is undoubtedly highly competitive.With demand for skilled professionals often outpacing the supply, attracting (and retaining) qualified candidates with the right expertise can be a significant challenge for many life science companies. From nurturing a positive work culture to empowering and developing...
Neupulse secures funding to advance world’s first wearable device to tackle Tourettes Syndrome
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...
