UK based XCAM Ltd, leaders in specialist digital camera systems, has announced a collaboration with UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) to produce a high-quality scientific space system, to observe and record global thermospheric winds that impact radio and GPS. This space mission (WindCube) will be the first time a...
How can NHS teams navigate medicines optimisation challenges?
Spirit Healthcare posed the question, ‘What’s the biggest challenge when rolling out medicines optimisation programmes?’ to Clinical Pharmacy Congress attendees. Head of Medicines Optimisation, Selma Abed, dives into the roadblocks NHS teams face when implementing medicines optimisation programmes. By Maddie Tudor on June 15, 2023 Last month I attended the Clinical...
MTI Expo was a roaring success!
MTI brings the UK life science industry together to collaborate, network and grow. On 7-8 June, Medilink Midlands and our members and partners exhibited at Birmingham’s NEC as part of the national Med-Tech Innovation Expo and Conference. The Med-Tech Innovation Expo and Conference is a leading national healthcare technologies conference,...
2023 Winners Announced: Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards in Association with Med-Tech Innovation
Last night saw the winners announced at the Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards Ceremony. Over 200 industry professionals gathered to celebrate the winners of these prestigious awards. The sold-out, three-course dinner was held at the National Conference Centre Birmingham, complete with celebrity host JJ Chalmers. This year’s awards recognised a...
Medilink Midlands supports AVGO Biotech in securing £50,000 grant
Medilink Midlands Innovation Adviser Alasdair Gaw is pleased to have supported a Nottingham biotechnology company in their successful bid to secure a £50,000 grant from Innovate UK. Avgo-Flaxby Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of AVGO Biotech Ltd and has been awarded the grant through Innovate UK’s Fast Start programme....
New horizons for Guardtech Group as international presence continues to grow
Cleanroom construction specialists establishing their brands overseas with string of exciting European projects THE GUARDTECH GROUP are expanding their horizons. The company that began life in 2000 as a small-scale provider of modest modular cleanrooms is now a multi-brand powerhouse delivering a wide range of cleanroom solutions to an ever-wider...
NHS England plans £975 million tech framework
NHS England has released a prior information notice to inform the market of an upcoming opportunity for digital primary care technology and to initiate an information gathering exercise. The programme aims to introduce a framework of new solutions and capabilities, with NHS England planning to engage with potential suppliers to review, ask...
Meet the Medilink Midlands Innovation Adviser: Caroline Sykes
Caroline joined Medilink Midlands as an Innovation Adviser 18 months ago and has already supported many medtech, healthcare, and life science companies on their innovation journeys. In her role, she assists Medilink Midlands’ members in identifying barriers to innovation and helps to map out pathways for them to overcome these...
A Guide to Mapping Laboratory Workflows into a LIMS
Interactive Software are pleased to advise of the publication of their new white paper titled: 'A guide to mapping laboratory workflows into a LIMS: Maximize the benefits and avoid common pitfalls'. The white paper details how to get the best from standardizing workflows in a LIMS whilst avoiding common, and...
Creating a safe circular economy for small medical devices
A collaboration between Loughborough University and the University of Leeds – is developing a circular economy (CE) approach to reducing the staggering amount of small medical device (SMD) waste generated each year. The EPSRC-funded CirculaR economy of small Medical devices (ReMed) project – led by the Centre for Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART) –...