Pennine Healthcare, one of the UK’s leading privately-owned medical manufacturers, is delighted to announce it is working with the UK Cabinet Office, to produce UK manufactured face coverings. The face coverings are part of a £14 million Government investment to help in the fight against COVID-19. Millions of coverings can...
Brexit Trade Deal Statement – Morningside Pharmaceuticals
Chairman of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Dr Nik Kotecha gives his views on the Brexit Trade Deal agreed at the end of 2020. Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, said: “Uncertainty has dogged the UK’s business community and the wider economy since the referendum in 2016; so it’s great news that a deal has...
Intelligent OMICS, Arctoris and Medicines Discovery Catapult test in silico pipeline for identifying new molecules for cancer treatment
Medicines discovery innovators, Intelligent OMICS, supported by Arctoris and Medicines Discovery Catapult, are applying artificial intelligence to find new disease ‘drivers’ and candidate drugs for lung cancer. This collaboration, backed by Innovate UK, will de-risk future R&D projects and also demonstrate new cost and time-saving approaches to drug discovery. Analysing...
JAPANESE ORDER FOR XCAM’S SOFT X-RAY RIXSCAM CAMERA
UK based, XCAM Ltd, designers and manufacturers of specialised digital imaging systems, has successfully completed its first order to Japan for the high-performance RIXSCam Mini, a new single detector camera system, for use on the latest X-ray beamlines for resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) experiments. The order, from Professor Harada...
Medilink Midlands Christmas Message 2020
As Chief Executive, one of my last duties for the year is to deliver the Medilink Christmas message. However, in this strangest of years, we thought it only fitting to break from tradition and have the first ever Medilink Midlands Christmas message come from one of the longest serving Medilink...
Ilkeston textile company turns plastic bottles into face masks
An Ilkeston textile manufacturer has developed a sustainable washable face mask made from recycled waste plastic bottles in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of coronavirus. Baltex, which has been in business since 1831, has created the high-performance mask in response to reports that disposable masks have led to...
Medilink Midlands CEO and Board Announced
Medilink Midlands has announced that its newly forged Board of Directors has appointed Dr Darren Clark as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Darren previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Medilink East Midlands. Darren joined Medilink East Midlands in 2004 and...
Avgo Biotech win “Taming the Dragons” pitch event!
Avgo Biotech’s CEO, Andrew Stacey, won the 8th annual pitch event – “Taming the Dragons”, run by the Lincolnshire Investment Network. The event moved away from its traditional format, being held virtually, this year. Pitches showed the diversity of entrepreneurial companies in Lincolnshire, with pitches from; Felicity Francis talking about...
Hospital Services Limited (HSL) supports Queens Ladies Rugby to boost breast cancer awareness
Joining the athletes of Queens University Belfast’s ladies rugby club, leading supplier of specialist diagnostic equipment Hospital Services Limited (HSL) has announced a sponsorship which will not only see the HSL branding feature on the ladies’ rugby kits, but will also kick off a partnership aimed to raise awareness and...
Quadralene acquired by Getinge
Leading manufacturer and supplier of dental infection control products, Quadralene, has been 100% acquired by Getinge, a leading global provider of products and systems that contribute to quality enhancement and cost efficiency within healthcare and life sciences. The deal, which has been negotiated over the last 7 months by Breeze...