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Medilink East Midlands Member organisation Intelligent OMICS Limited is the new identity for the Nottingham Trent University spinout CompanDX. The re-brand comes after the Intelligent OMICS R&D team, led by AI expert and personalised medicine veteran Professor Graham Ball, achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the company's Intuitive...

Barker Brettell has been awarded ‘Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year 2019’ in the UK by Managing IP, the global intellectual property resource for the profession, at its European, Middle Eastern and African Awards ceremony held at The Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. The trade mark team stood out from other...

Update on progress of legislation to allow the continued sale of, and access to, medicines, medical devices and clinical trials. The Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2019 were debated and passed by a committee in the House of Commons last week....

SEHTA is pleased to announce that they have agreed a partnership with WiredGov to provide their members and contacts with access to their news altering service for FREE and to give you all the opportunity to sign up for the Supplier and Contracts Locator service, which aims to help you...

Cory Stobart, member of the patents team at AdamsonJones, has passed the set of four Final Diploma examinations for qualification as a Registered UK Patent Attorney. Success in these demanding examinations reflects both the hard work undertaken by Cory as well as the firm’s commitment to training and career progression....

Freedom of Information study by Medilink East Midlands member BPR Medical reveals the impact of oxygen fire safety measures and the mandatory use of firebreaks. Home oxygen fires in England led to only one death between 2013 and 2017, according to a Freedom of Information request to local National Health...

Medical technology businesses in Leicester and Leicestershire can apply to cover 50% of their clinical evaluation costs, thanks to a project delivered by Medilink East Midlands and part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN). Grants are available to qualifying companies...

Life science companies in Leicester and Leicestershire can get ‘smart’ with their business operations, thanks to a project delivered by Medilink East Midlands and part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Smart Life Sciences Technology Innovation & Commercialisation Enabler (SoLSTICE) is a £1.22million scheme, part-funded by ERDF, to provide...

SurePulse Medical Ltd are delighted to announce that the SurePulse VS has now received CE approval. SurePulse VS represents a significant advance for babies, parents and clinicians in providing important and timely information to provide optimal care for newborn babies. Amazingly, approximately 10% of newborns (80,000/yr in the UK, 14...

The University of Derby has been recognised for the contribution it makes to life sciences, by becoming the 21st Patron of Medilink East Midlands (EM). Medilink EM works with life science businesses, academic institutions and the NHS across the East Midlands, to help new and existing life science companies to...