Trial of new vaccine for COVID-19 From today, doctors from Cripps Health Centre on the University of Nottingham campus, are offering front-line healthcare staff the chance to take part in the first nationwide trial of a vaccine for COVID-19. Supported by the research teams at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) and the...
PHARMASEAL are offering Engility CTMS at no cost to support Phase II clinical trials in return for BETA testing
Engility® trial management platform developed by PHARMASEAL provides a solution to overcome many traditional challenges in clinical trial management. With centralised data on all clinical trials encompassing clinical trial management processes including study management, flexible monitoring, issue management, investigator payments, site and contract management and now including integrated eTMF document...
Coronavirus: Private company rises to ‘exceptional challenge’ to double antigen testing
Medilink EM Patron Company Source BioScience said what they have achieved in five weeks would normally take between six months to a year. Source BioScience is one of a small number of private companies processing antigen tests for the government, letting NHS staff and patients know if they have COVID-19....
Digital innovation within the NHS – a necessity, not a nice to have
In a keynote address earlier this year, Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, spoke about better technology being a necessity, not a ‘nice to have’ saying “better technology is vital to have and embracing it is the only way to make the NHS sustainable over...
Innovate UK: Continuity Grants and Loans
On Friday 15th May 2020, Innovate UK released full details about their Continuity Grants and Loans – the COVID-19 support for Innovate UK’s Existing Grant Recipients. Here are the main points and where you can find more information! Continuity Grants Innovate UK have allocated up to £90 million in continuity...
Locate Bio announces the appointment of John von Benecke as CEO
Medilink EM Member Locate Bio Ltd, an orthobiologics company pursuing multiple high-value spinal opportunities, today announces that John von Benecke has been appointed CEO to drive Locate’s lead program for spinal fusion and continue to build out its spinal pipeline. John von Benecke has served as COO/CFO for Locate since...
Footfalls & Heartbeats joins Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre accelerator
Footfalls & Heartbeats, a Nottingham-based intelligent textiles business, will access state-of-the-art laboratories, business support packages and specialist facilities to help bring its products to market and improve people’s quality of life. Based at Sheffield Hallam’s new world-leading £14m research centre, start-up businesses on the programme have access to world-class research...
Moving out of lockdown – guidance for labs and research facilities
The UK Government’s efforts to bring the country out of lock-down in a safe way includes extensive guidance for different kinds of workplace. Although businesses are expected to think through the risks and how to prepare in their own particular context, tailored guidance for different kinds of work environment aims...
Spirit Digital’s Remote Monitoring Technology offers COVID-19 Care Home Support
New NHS England and NHS Improvement guidance has called for immediate steps to implement a clinical service model for care home support during COVID-19. The model includes a weekly ‘check in’ to review patients identified as a clinical priority for assessment and care; appropriate and consistent medical oversight from a...
Medilink EM Members join forces to support the discovery and development of new therapeutics during the pandemic
Four Nottingham-based contract research organisations (CROs) have strengthened their existing links to work together and support the discovery and development of new therapeutics during the pandemic. All four of these organisations are members of Medilink East Midlands - the East Midlands Life Science Industry association which helps life science companies...