Medilink EM Member Locate Bio Ltd, an orthobiologics company pursuing multiple high-value spinal opportunities, today announces that John von Benecke has been appointed CEO to drive Locate’s lead program for spinal fusion and continue to build out its spinal pipeline. John von Benecke has served as COO/CFO for Locate since...
Footfalls & Heartbeats joins Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre accelerator
Footfalls & Heartbeats, a Nottingham-based intelligent textiles business, will access state-of-the-art laboratories, business support packages and specialist facilities to help bring its products to market and improve people’s quality of life. Based at Sheffield Hallam’s new world-leading £14m research centre, start-up businesses on the programme have access to world-class research...
Moving out of lockdown – guidance for labs and research facilities
The UK Government’s efforts to bring the country out of lock-down in a safe way includes extensive guidance for different kinds of workplace. Although businesses are expected to think through the risks and how to prepare in their own particular context, tailored guidance for different kinds of work environment aims...
Spirit Digital’s Remote Monitoring Technology offers COVID-19 Care Home Support
New NHS England and NHS Improvement guidance has called for immediate steps to implement a clinical service model for care home support during COVID-19. The model includes a weekly ‘check in’ to review patients identified as a clinical priority for assessment and care; appropriate and consistent medical oversight from a...
Medilink EM Members join forces to support the discovery and development of new therapeutics during the pandemic
Four Nottingham-based contract research organisations (CROs) have strengthened their existing links to work together and support the discovery and development of new therapeutics during the pandemic. All four of these organisations are members of Medilink East Midlands - the East Midlands Life Science Industry association which helps life science companies...
Coronavirus: legal and regulatory issues for the life sciences sector
In the current COVID-19 crisis, governments around the world are turning to businesses and research organisations in the life sciences sector to assist in meeting the challenge. We are seeing new levels of innovation and collaboration around the development, at real pace, of vaccines, diagnostic kits and medical devices, as...
Supporting clinical trials during pandemic with home nursing
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, A4P Bio Logistics has collaborated with Wren Healthcare to offer a one-stop solution for CRO’s, sponsors and study sites to support the continuation of clinical trial studies through home nursing and direct-to-patient IMP and sample logistics. It has become increasingly difficult for patients to...
New Dates For Med-Tech Innovation Expo Announced As 29 – 30 June 2021
Rapid News Group has announced the decision to postpone Med-Tech Innovation Expo, the UK’s flagship event for the medical device industry to 2021. Originally re-scheduled for 29 – 30 September 2020, the event will now take place from 29 – 30 June 2021. The venue for the event, the NEC, Birmingham,...
Apos Medical assets partners with Spirit Access to decrease the cost of knee pain treatments in the UK
Global medical device company Apos Medical Assets, and market access consultancy Spirit Access, are partnering to help CCGs and NHS Trusts improve health outcomes with an innovative treatment for patients with chronic knee conditions. There is a pressing need to make the NHS Pathway for chronic knee conditions more efficient. The...
Medical Technologies Innovation Facility Announcement
The Nottingham based Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF) is delighted to announce three key appointments to its leadership team. Jacqui Hayes joins us with over thirty years of experience in medical technology and pharmaceutical business development. Using her expertise in building collaborative partnerships Jacqui will develop our commercial offering enabling...
