Industry News

Congratulations to the 20 organisations who have been shortlisted for this year’s Meridian Awards, celebrating the ground-breaking innovations in health and life sciences that have been developed within our region.

On the evening of Wednesday 15 May the 2019 Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards took place. The sell-out gala dinner was the best yet, with 250 professionals from across the industry coming to celebrate with the winners, network with peers and share their pride in the industry.

The winners of the 2018 Medilink West Midlands (Medilink WM) Medical and Healthcare Business Awards have been revealed. The Awards, which have been running for over 10 years, took place on Thursday 7th February at The Birmingham Conference and Events Centre.

The shortlist has been revealed for the 2018 Medilink West Midlands Medical and Healthcare Business Awards, which celebrates the region’s most innovative and successful medical and healthcare companies.

Edgbaston Medical Quarter is launching a new patient pathway to provide a door-to-door service to international private patients for complex healthcare treatments to Birmingham, the UK’s second largest city.

Medilink West Midlands are pleased to announce that MasterControl have signed up as the Headline Sponsor for Medilink WM Medical and Healthcare Business Awards 2018.

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a protein that could hold the key to novel gene therapies for skin problems including psoriasis – a common, chronic skin disease that affects over 100 million people worldwide.

BioHub Birmingham® tenant Abingdon Health has launched an intuitive software application called AppDx. AppDx enables a Smartphone to ‘read’ lateral flow test lines, using the inbuilt camera, which translates the image into numerical data. 

The BioHub Birmingham® is constructing 5,000sq ft of self-contained laboratory and office suites to meet an increasing demand for biomedical incubator space.

Midlands based CSR Scientific Training is hosting a lunch and learn session at the Birmingham Research Park on Laboratory and Scientific Apprenticeships on Thursday 27th September.