Enabling HealthTech through the NIHR - demystifying the process
Enabling HealthTech through the NIHR - demystifying the process
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative working in partnership with the CW Healthcare SIG, invite you to apply for a place at this roadshow specifically tailored for medtech SMEs based in the East of England to find out more about the local NIHR Infrastructure:
- opportunities for non-dilutive funding
- how we can help SMEs to formulate research plans, find collaborators, supporting centres, data, samples and facilities for R&D
- how we can support SMEs to conduct clinical trials in the NHS
- connecting you to other organisations that can help
- how we fit into the wider health innovation ecosystem nationally and internationally
This is one of a series of events that will take place across the country. Future events will be publicised on the NIHR website when the venues and dates are finalised.
Speakers include:
- Patrick Beldon - CEO & Co-Founder, CORTIRIO
- Peter Hutchinson - Honorary Director, NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative
- Ian Newington - Assistant Director, Innovations, NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Heather Phillips - Industry Operations Manager, NIHR Clinical Research Network East of England
In collaboration with
Healthcare SIG Champions
Michael Morgan-Curran
Michael has a successful track-record in ethical pharmaceuticals, medical technologies and digital therapeutics. Working with some of the world’s best-known pharmaceutical, life science, medical device, telecoms and research organisations across EMEA, US and Latam, he has built and led teams accountable for market intelligence, strategy, marketing and commercialisation, product design, regulation and market authorisation, pharmacovigilance, clinical trial development, clinical effectiveness and health economics. As CEO of start-up Asclepius MedTech Ltd; he and his team are building a platform for use in pre- and post-operative surgical assessment to support clinicians and surgical teams ameliorate shared decision-making and stratify patient care.
Daniel Nickalls
Daniel is a TTP project leader focussed on decentralized healthcare solutions including the detection and treatment of chronic conditions at home. These projects cover the entire development lifecycle, from early-stage ideation and opportunity validation, through proof-of-concept development, to regulated device development for large-scale manufacture. Daniel particularly enjoys combining engineering insights, rigorous human-centred design and thorough business case validation to realise effective solutions.
Laurence Weir
Since graduating in Engineering from Cambridge University in 2006, Laurence has worked for Broadcom, Cambridge Mechatronics, Illumina and PA Consulting, Plextek Services Ltd and now Iprova. Due to the range of sectors Laurence has worked in, from smartphone technology to DNA sequencing, he has an appreciation for the different skills and expertise required to deliver multi-disciplinary engineering projects, and the associated regulatory systems. His experience in business development is coupled with technology leadership on projects and practical engineering delivery. His current work is focussing on delivering novel inventions to clients looking to leverage patentable projects.
Mick Withers
Involved in Technology consulting around Cambridge for the last 34 years, Previous roles include Managing Director at Sagentia, as well as a couple of stints at TTP, and 5 years helping TeraView transition from a startup to a product company. Now I am charged with helping Plextek diversify its service offering into the Commercial (i.e. non-defence) space.
