We represent all aspects of the life sciences industry, including private and public institutions; from multinationals to high potential start-ups, as well as the NHS and Universities, plus key stakeholders in the region in order to represent the life sciences industry.
Working alongside the Midlands Engine and other strategic alliances, Medilink Midlands helps stimulate additional and value-added growth of the Midlands as a prosperous community for life sciences.
Medilink Midlands provides specialist support to boost the region’s economic output from life sciences by overcoming barriers to growth. With comprehensive industry knowledge and networks across the medical technologies and life sciences industry, we offer members a gateway for essential connectivity to the academic, business and clinical communities, helping to form new collaborative partnerships and to navigate the increasingly complex health innovation landscape.
Medilink Midlands is a founding member of Medilink UK, a national network supporting over 3,000 companies across the entire UK.
Our impact
Over the course of 8 years*, Medilink Midlands ran the INSTILS, SoLSTICE and ACTIS programmes. These were part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and supported life science companies across 35 medical market areas. Through these projects, companies were supported to fast-track their innovations, overcome innovation barriers, and speed up the development of novel technologies and services.
*2015-2023
The top 4 medical market areas Medilink Midlands supported were:
Strategic Partners
Medilink Midlands sits at the heart of the Midlands life science ecosystem. Our work with academia, businesses, clinicians and Government means that we are well placed to support life science companies and the sector as a whole.
Please see below for an example of some of the companies and organisations with which we work.
