8th June 2023, Chester, UK |
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2023 Winners Announced: Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards in Association with Med-Tech Innovation |
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Last night saw the winners announced at the Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards Ceremony. |
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Over 200 industry professionals gathered to celebrate the winners of these prestigious awards. The sold-out, three-course dinner was held at the National Conference Centre Birmingham, complete with celebrity host JJ Chalmers. |
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This year’s awards recognised a multitude of achievements and outstanding contributions to life sciences. The night saw 12 winners in total, alongside 12 projects and organisations recognised who were highly commended.
The seven Medilink UK winners were chosen from an exclusive shortlist comprised entirely of winners from each of the regional Medilink awards.
The Med-Tech Innovation award winners were chosen by an independent judging panel, who represent key stakeholders from across the supply chain. The panel was tasked with assessing each entry in each of the five categories on the merit of their contribution to the medical device engineering supply chain.
After a busy first day at Med-Tech Innovation Expo (the UK and Ireland’s leading showcase for medical device design and manufacturing technology), guests enjoyed a three-course, black-tie dinner, drinks and entertainment.
Bill Cruise, Chairman, Medilink UK commented, “The Medilink UK Awards have once again been a tremendous success, and I offer my congratulations to all of the award winners, highly commended and finalists. There has been a wonderful energy in the room, and it’s been great to see so many people from across the country coming together again to celebrate the exceptional achievements and contributions to the life sciences sector. Our host, JJ Chalmers, speaking on his personal connection to the life-changing work of our finalists, really brought home the importance of innovation within our sector.
As a national industry support organisation, Medilink UK is pleased to work with our companies, adding value by helping them, and the life science sector as a whole, to grow, both nationally and internationally. We are proud to be contributing to their success, and I am confident that each of the companies who are here tonight will go on to do amazing things.”
Duncan Wood, CEO of Rapid News Group commented, "What a fantastic night of celebration, we couldn't have asked for a better host than JJ Chalmers, whose inspirational speech and charisma helped to make the night such a success! We are proud to have partnered with Medilink UK once again to help celebrate these incredible achievements made in the life sciences and medical technology industries, a huge congratulations to all of tonight's winners, runners up and finalists!"
Winners and highly commended entries from each category were as below.
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Medilink UK Categories:
Advances in Digital Healthcare Award - Sponsored by Med-Tech Innovation Expo |
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Winner: XR Therapeutics
XR Therapeutics is a start-up company, spun out of Newcastle University, which has been based on over 9 years of clinical and academic research. Their innovative service combines traditional CBT with gradual exposure therapy to treat phobias and situation-specific anxiety. By combining state of the art VR technology with clinical expertise, XR Therapeutics can support people to live a life without limits. |
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Highly Commended: Evergreen Life (Penguin) |
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Delivering Innovation in Health and Care Award - Sponsored by Quad OEM |
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Winner: Definition Health
Definition Health provides industry-leading solutions to the adoption of digital healthcare with its innovative web-based apps designed to re-focus care back on the patient and optimise hospital workflows. Their secure two-way information exchange system offers patients personalised support and education at every stage of the journey, resulting in better patient outcomes, cost savings, increased efficiency and ultimately reducing surgery waiting lists. |
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Highly Commended: Llusern Scientific |
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Export Achievement Award - Sponsored by GetMet |
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Winner: SEDA Pharmaceutical
Seda maximises value through integrated Pharmaceutical Development and Clinical Pharmacology expertise, enabling the rapid and efficient development of optimal medicinal products. Seda provides the experience and expertise found in the development functions of major pharmaceutical companies but with the speed and flexibility required by fast moving biotechs, and are also winner of the Department of International Trade’s UK Life Sciences Innovators Showcase. |
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Innovation Award - Sponsored by Neucin Design |
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Winner: Synopsis
Synopsis enables hospitals to manage the entire pre-operative assessment digitally, removing the paper trail, increasing data security, and delivering significant organisational benefits. Their platform supports hospitals to increase patient throughput and theatre utilisation whilst reducing cancellation rates and risk. The Synopsis platform has been used to complete over 300,000 digital pre-operative assessments, contributing to an average saving of £1.4m per NHS Trust, per annum. |
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Highly Commended: MolEndoTech Ltd |
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Outstanding Achievement Award - Sponsored by MedTalk Podcast |
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Winner: Creo Medical
Creo Medical is an advanced energy, electrosurgical med-tech company that develops and commercialises technologies and medical devices that enable minimally invasive procedures. Their CROMA platform, powered by Kamaptive, their multi-patented, full-spectrum adaptive advanced
energy source, provides clinicians with increased flexibility, precision and controlled surgical solutions. |
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This technology, combined with the Group’s range of unique electrosurgical devices, is facilitating a paradigm shift from surgery to minimally invasive endoscopic treatment. |
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Highly Commended: EthOss Regeneration Ltd |
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Partnership between Academia and Business - Sponsored by PBC-UK |
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Winner: Neuronostics and Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth
Supported by an Innovate UK award and two subsequent NIHR grants, Neuronostics have partnered with the University of Plymouth on the development of patented digital biomarker, BioEP. BioEP is a cloud-based platform with applications in the diagnosis, prognosis and management of epilepsy, indicating the risk of future seizures from routinely acquired clinical imaging data such as EEG. |
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Highly Commended: NuVision Biotherapies and College of Health and Life Sciences, Optometry & Vision Science Research Group (OVSRG), Aston University |
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Start Up Award - Sponsored by Med-Tech Innovation News |
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Winner: MetalloBio
MetalloBio is a University of Sheffield spin-out company developing a novel antimicrobial platform technology to both treat and prevent pathogenic bacterial infections. The platform is being developed
as a systemic antimicrobial and a coating for medical devices. The compounds that underpin the platform are entirely novel, active on resistant pathogens and, when incorporated into polymeric materials, the coatings are fifteen times more active than any coating available on the market. |
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Highly Commended: Copner Biotech Ltd |
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Med-Tech Innovation Categories:
The 3D Printing Award - Sponsored by The TCT Group
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Winner: Boston Micro Fabrication, in partnership with IMcoMET
IMcoMET has developed a technology based on microfluidics and microneedles which allows the microenvironment of the tumour and all its components to be physically removed, in order to then be replaced with healthy tissue.
Highly Commended: Bond3D |
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Connected Health Award - Sponsored by Intertek
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Winner: CIONIC
Bionic clothing which combines sensing, analysis, and augmentation into a wearable garment. It was created to improve mobility for people with foot drop and leg muscle weakness brought on by multiple sclerosis, stroke, cerebral palsy, and other conditions.
Highly Commended: Boston Scientific |
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Design Award - Sponsored by Med-Tech Innovation News
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Winner: ASPIVIX
Carevix is a cervical stabiliser device that uses a delicate suction technology to secure the cervix, with the patient’s comfort always in mind and without compromising on performance. Carevix offers the same manoeuvrability as the traditional tenaculum but without the need to perforate the tissue.
Highly Commended: Pd-m International |
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Materials Innovation Award - Sponsored by MPN News
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Winner: FLEXcon
FLEXcon’s OMNI-WAVE is a disruptive technology that will result in cost savings for medical electrode and wearable device manufacturers while providing a better experience for patients. OMNI-WAVE utilises a skin-friendly, conductive adhesive which eliminates hydrogel-related skin reactions for patients who are sensitive to hydrogel.
Highly Commended: OGM Medical |
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Sustainability Award - Sponsored by Kirsktall Precision Engineering
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Winner: SageTech Medical + Hymid Multi-Shot Ltd, SID-Solutions sustainable anaesthesia
SageTech Medical have developed SID-Solutions; a circular economy solution for capturing, recovering and recycling environmentally harmful waste volatile anaesthetic gases.
Highly Commended: Airway Medical
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Notes for the Editor
The prestigious Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards in association with Med-Tech Innovation comprises seven national Medilink UK awards and five Med-Tech Innovation awards.
The medical sector in the UK continues to thrive and innovate and these awards celebrate the outstanding business achievements, international successes and innovative breakthroughs made across the life sciences and healthcare technology sectors in the previous year.
Alongside the seven national Medilink UK awards winners, five Med-Tech Innovation awards in the categories of 3D Printing, Connected Health, Materials Innovation, Design and Sustainability were announced reflecting areas where manufacturers are pioneering new territories and breaking new ground.
The annual sell-out gala dinner is an industry highlight, with over 200 professionals from across the industry coming to celebrate with the winners, network with peers and share their pride in the industry.
For further information visit: www.med-techawards.com
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Med-Tech Innovation is owned by Rapid Medtech Communications Ltd. The Medilink UK Business Healthcare Awards are operated under license by Rapid Medtech Communications Ltd
Rapid Medtech Communications Ltd, No.3 Office Village, Chester Business Park, Chester, CH4 9QP, UK |
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