R&D Tax Relief for Med-Tech Innovation

The Med-Tech industry is striving to create new technologies that deliver innovative, flexible and efficient diagnostic solutions for healthcare practitioners. It’s one of the largest, growing industries in the UK right now. Claiming R&D Tax Relief for the development of these technologies can help re-coup a significant proportion of these...

Notts Medical Firm Receives £80K Loan

NOTTINGHAM medical firm, Olberon Ltd, has secured a five-figure loan to help manage the disruption caused by the coronavirus. The finance was provided by First Enterprise – Enterprise Loans through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, supported by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Olberon was founded in 2005 by...

Remote monitoring – Paving the way for continuous, preventative care

Simon Applebaum, Managing Director of Spirit Digital, explores how remote monitoring should play a crucial role in reengineering NHS pathways to help better manage vulnerable patients with long terms conditions and pave the way for new models of continuous, preventative care beyond COVID-19. Everyone knows that the way the NHS...

TenaTac® Has Been Allowed for Grant in the UK

Selentus Science is pleased to announce that its patent for TenaTac®, an innovative, adhesive surgical haemostat, has been allowed for grant in the UK, following an earlier grant in the USA. TenaTac is a Class III CE marked medical device that was approved for human surgical use in late 2019....

HSL launches ‘next generation’ Telehealth solution for Stroke Care

Specialist distributor of medical supplies and surgical equipment, Hospital Services Limited (HSL) has had its next-generation Telehealth solution approved for use with the emergency assessment of patients with suspected stroke in Northern Ireland. HSL’s Telehealth system is already in place throughout hospitals and GP surgeries in the UK and Ireland...

Nottingham early-stage drug discovery company expands base

Leading early-stage drug discovery contract research organisation (CRO) Reach Separations has expanded its Nottingham premises in the wake of increased demand for its chiral purification services. Reach Separations specialises in chromatography for the analysis and purification of small molecules, and has added 1580 square foot of laboratory and office space...

AdamsonJones receives Legal 500 UK ranking for fifth consecutive year

The Legal 500 UK 2021 has been published and East Midlands-based intellectual property (IP) firm, AdamsonJones, is proud to be included for the fifth consecutive year in the PATMA: Patent Attorney ranking, which is a UK-wide ranking. In particular, the Legal 500 highlights the firm’s strengths in the life sciences and...

R&D Tax Relief for the Pharmaceutical Industry

When we think of R&D, we typically think of scientists in white lab coats and in the case of the Pharmaceutical industry, we’ve hit the nail on the head! The industry is known for the vast amounts of research and development work that it undertakes to bring drugs to market....

Are tailor-made supplements really worth the money?

This article highlights the work of Medilink EM Member, Total Health and Wellbeing (Vitmedics). For more information on Medilink EM Membership, click here They promise a perfect prescription for your needs — but, at up to £150 a month, some are simply a bitter pill to swallow... Do tailor-made supplement...