The UK’s first ever Precision Tooling Academy has been launched thanks to a pioneering partnership between In-Comm Training and Brandauer. Over £1m has been invested by the two strategic partners to create a commercial toolroom in the training provider’s facility in Aldridge, which will produce complex tooling, as well...
New device for early detection of gum disease
Researchers are developing a rapid test for gum disease, which they expect to play a pivotal role in early detection of heart or lung disease, and diabetes. Researchers from the University of Birmingham are developing a rapid test for gum disease, and they expect the technology - a probe for...
SLS are proud to break ground on their new National Distribution Centre
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) are excited to announce plans to move to a new, state-of-the-art National Distribution Centre based on the Fairham Business Park development in Clifton, Nottingham. The new multi-million-pound facility, is three times bigger than the current SLS site and will ensure the company’s plans for continued growth...
Government to use Vaccine Taskforce model to tackle health challenges
Patients will benefit from cutting-edge new treatments as the government introduces a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling health challenges. Funding for innovative research into improved treatments, including cancer immune therapies or vaccines and game-changing weight loss medication and technologies, to accelerate their development and rollout Prime Minister, Health and...
Compiling a design & development plan for your medical device
This article was written by Medilink Midlands Member, Cognidox. What are the planning requirements for a medical device design and development process? And what tools can help you deliver against them? What do the regulators say? The regulatory requirements for medical device design and development planning can be found in...
Medilink Midlands holds Annual General Meeting 2022
Rhian Vandrill, Partner at Medilink Midlands Patron Mills and Reeve, who hosted the Medilink Midlands AGM Professor Martin Levermore, MBE DL, Chair of Medilink Midlands Simon Himsworth, Chief Executive at Medilink Midlands Ben Roberts, West Midlands Innovation Advisor and Sustainability Lead at Medilink Midlands Dave Seaward, Founder and Projects Director...
Medilink Midlands Annual Report 2022 is now live!
Medilink Midlands Annual Report 2022 is now live! Formally launched at our AGM on 17 November, the Medilink Midlands Annual Report 2022 gives an insight into what we do, and how we do it. Find out the impact we're having on the Midlands life sciences sector and the value our...
7 Tips for a More Sustainable Lab and Office
This article was written by Medilink Midlands Member, Life Science Group Ltd. In May 2022 we moved premises to our new location in Sandy, Bedfordshire. When we moved, we knew we wanted to start off on the right foot with our sustainability goals at the forefront of our plans. Not...
Mental health funding of £1.8m welcomed by MHRA and NICE to explore regulation of digital mental health tools
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have been awarded £1.8m funding by Wellcome over three years to explore and produce guidance on regulating digital mental health tools. There has been a large increase in the number of digital...
Mills & Reeve advise NRG Therapeutics in its £16 million Series A fundraising
The Stevenage-based life sciences company, founded in 2018, focuses on therapeutic approaches that will restore mitochondrial function and slow or halt the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and motor neurone disease (MND). NRG Therapeutics will use the funds raised to take its lead drug candidate,...