Archive for the ‘R&D funding’ Category
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
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UK medtech business support organisation Medilink has launched a funding and finance leads service for companies operating in the life sciences sector. The service provides subscribing companies with access to a regularly updated database compiling sources that are willing to fund innovation.
"Many ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Here's an interesting initiative from German medical technology association BVMed in partnership with a venture capital group and public-private investment fund. MedTech Radar is described as a "media service about innovation transfer and financing in the medical technology sector in Germany." This and forthcoming issues will show the "complex journey ...
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Washington State University researchers have used a 3-D printer to create a bone-like material and structure that can be used in orthopaedic procedures, dental work and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis. Paired with actual bone, it acts as a scaffold on which new bone can grow and ultimately dissolves ...
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
To improve patient care and promote medical breakthroughs, the UK government announced the launch of its Life Sciences Strategy and a review of innovation in the NHS on 5 December. According to a press release published on www.number10.gov.uk, the official website of the British prime minister’s office, key measures include:
the ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
UK-based contract research and personalised medicine company Epistem has announced a partnership with Dr Matthew Hardman at the University of Manchester for the further development and commercialisation of cutaneous wound-healing technology developed in Hardman's lab. The partnership has been awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant from the Technology Strategy ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) have established a joint venture, Medtec Heart Inc., to capitalise on their co-developed disposable ventricular assist device (VAD) with magnetic suspension.
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
The UK Technology Strategy Board has announced two new funding competitions as part of its £21.5 million Regenerative Medicine Programme. Under the heading of Regenerative Medicine Programme: Tools and Technologies, the Technology Strategy Board, Medical Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Do you have a winning idea for a technology that could spur economic growth in the United Kingdom? The Technology Strategy Board would like to hear about it. The governmental body invites businesses across the country to compete for support to develop innovative technologies that could create new growth areas ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
The partners in a new publicly-funded European research project have now announced the details of the multinational and multidisciplinary programme titled ‘CSI: Central Nervous System Imaging.’ The three-year ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council) project aims to achieve substantial advances in state-of-the-art medical 3D-imaging platforms by focusing on the diagnosis ...
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
The US-based Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) is seeking proposals for research that will break new ground in understanding the effects of medical technology advances on healthcare systems and the economy. Grant funding has been made available for proposals that will explore the broader economic impact of technologies—from diagnostics ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
The UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has launched a new competition for funding titled Fighting Infection through Detection. The competition opens on 18 January 2010 and £11 million is available. The competition will focus on the development of high quality point of care devices and rapid tests in mobile units, ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Companies were invited to submit ideas that can be turned into practical solutions to make a substantial difference in three priority areas: managing long-term conditions, patient safety and keeping children active. The funding programme SBRI East is part of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), see below for details of ...
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