Pioneering partnership will see the delivery of 95,000 square feet of incubator space on the South Bank of London Split across two sites, the life sciences facilities will help incubate early-stage companies spun out of King’s College London in a boost for UK life sciences Announcement comes just weeks after...
MHRA launches public consultation on ICH Good Clinical Practice Guideline which encourages innovation in clinical trials
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is seeking views from the public and other stakeholders in a 3-month long consultation on the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guideline revised by the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The MHRA became a regulatory member of...
The Innovation Challenge
The Innovation Challenge is brought to you by TBAT Innovation with headline sponsor Shakespeare Martineau and has been designed by our expert team to stimulate and support innovation in SMEs. It leverages the expertise of our unique partner network while seeing our partners come together to deliver four free to...
NHS England publishes £35 million tender for privacy enhancing tech
NHS England has opened a tender worth an estimated £35 million to procure privacy enhancing technology (PET) “to provide robust protection and deliver a standard approach to support safe data use”. The technology is to be initially deployed for the federated data platform (FDP) programme and will potentially include cloud-based...
ERDF Funding… a successful conclusion
Last week, we hosted the Medlink Midlands business support and impact celebration event at The Space Park in Leicester. Interim CEO, Melanie Davidson, was able to report that the collective ERDF Projects; INSTILS, ACTIS and SoLSTICE have seen the organisation award a total of £3.5m across 427 individual grants, which...
WMAHSN Impact Report 2022/23
It is with immense pleasure that we introduce the 2022-23 annual impact report of the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN). As the NHS celebrates its 75th year, 2023 also marks an important milestone for the AHSN Network which was established by NHS England 10 years ago to spread...
Healthcare firm continues expansion with purchase of Swedish company
Birmingham healthcare company Salts Healthcare has acquired ostomy product supplier MCare AB of Sweden. The acquisition of MCare is part of Salts Healthcare’s continued strategy to increase its global reach. Having grown its turnover and market share in the UK in recent years, the family-owned business now has defined international...
The Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023
On 9th June 2023, the UK government published a statutory instrument amending the UK Medical Device Regulation (2002). This publication was released after public consultation and has been approved by each UK House of Parliament. As you know, post Brexit, the UK and the EU are undergoing regulatory reforms...
China Britain Business Council Partners with the Centre for International Economy and Technology Cooperation
The China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) partnered with the Centre for International Economy and Technology Cooperation (CIETC) and the Wuxi Municipal Government to host the China-UK Digital Economy Innovation and Development Forum in Wuxi, Jiangsu, last Friday. The event was supported by the British Embassy and was delivered by Liangxi District...
Scan Global Logistics continues its European expansion in France, opening its third office in two years
Scan Global Logistics (SGL) continues its European expansion as they open a new office in Dunkirk, France. It's SGL's third office in France and part of establishing a centre of expertise in Northern France within the Industrial Projects sector. The expansion follows the recent opening in Romania; reportedly, other countries...