business awards 2015 supplement west midlands · 2016-01-27 · medical & healthcare business...

1Medical & Healthcare Business Awards 2015

=SUPPLEMENTMEDILINK MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE

BUSINESS AWARDS 2015WEST MIDLANDS

FOLLOW US: @MEDILINKUK

Transforming Healthcare. Celebrating Excellence.

Celebrating the best of HealthcareMedilinkWM Healthcare Business Awards 2015 celebrates the best of healthcare and innovation across the West Midlands


Celebrating the Best of Healthcare

The highly-awaited MedilinkWM Medical and Healthcare Business Awards 2015 took place on January 14, bringing together business representatives, clinicians, researchers, and academics from the region’s medical and healthcare technology sector to reveal who would be walking away with our prestigious awards denoting excellence in a different category each, including Start-Up, Innovation, Export Achievement, Partnership with the NHS, and Outstanding Achievement.

Held this year at Malmaison Birmingham, one ofBirmingham’s most luxurious and popular hotels,situated at the heart of the Mailbox, the annual Medilink West Midlands Medical and Healthcare Business Awards provides an excellent opportunity to bring together leading organisations from across thesector and celebrate the best achievements across the West Midlands region as well as give guests a chance to enjoy a fun evening of networking.

Before a warm welcome and note of thanks was giveby our awards sponsor Ingram Hawkins and Nock, guests were handed a dubious though as some may prefer to call ‘excellently innovative’ note each, which albeit fake and unable to be fixed by our respected

magician proved perfectly exchangeable as chips to be lost at our casino tables - though recompensed hopefully by the new connections and contacts gained.

Following on from our networking reception, guests were seated for dinner before the highly-anticipated awards ceremony began and the winners finally revealed to the excellent sound effects of make-shift drum rolls ... s

As proven by each and every shortlisted organisation, finalist, winner and indeed the high level of awardentries and submissions themselves, the West Midlands is home to some of the most innovative and successful medical and healthcare companies, each with a great commitment to supporting product and service development with a view to enrich healthcare in both the region and beyond.

We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our winners and indeed all of our finalists, sponsors and guests for their continued help, participation and support in helping to celebrate the outstanding achievements in healthcare across the West Midlands and in making the WM 2015 Medical & Healthcare Business Awards such a memorable event.

Our winners now go on to represent the region at the national Medilink UK Awards, which takes place at the MedTech Innovation Expo, Ricoh Arena, Coventry in April this year.

MedilinkWM Healthcare Business Awards 2015 celebratesthe best of healthcare and innovation across the West Midlands.

Contents

Celebrating the Best of Healthcare 3

Start Up Award 4

Innovation Award 6

Partnership with the NHS 8

Export Achievement Award 10

Outstanding Achievement 12

Ones to Watch 14

Thank you to our Sponsors 15

Want to see the full photo gallery? Please visit:http://samphoto.dphoto.com/#/album/0a327w


4M

edical & H

ealthcare Business Awards 2015

Discover a growing cluster of medical

and life science excellence

To join EMQ or find out more,

contact us on 0121 248 7676

or visit www.calthorpe.co.uk

Birmingham is a city that is

investing in the life science

sector and over the coming

years medical use sites are set to

expand dramatically. Edgbaston

Medical Quarter, just a mile from

the city centre and within the

Calthorpe Estate, is integral to

this healthcare growth.

Calthorpe Laing Buisson Half Page Portrait_a.indd 1 25/01/2016 13:46

Start-Up Aw

ard

WINNER Spring Active

START-UP AWARD• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

(Pictured L-R) Sally Naunton, Spring Active Ltd andMark Lee, Calthorpe Estates

Spring Active has developed a suite of solutions built on the biopsychosocial model using an

evidence based stratified approach. All programmes and products are in line with Spinal Taskforce and NICE guidelines and backed by the latest medical research. Employing user-centred design principles in their development, the patient is at the heart ofeverything the company does.

Spring Active’s focus is on self-management; identifying unhelpful pain beliefs and behaviours; providing tailored exercises to improve movement and body awareness; psychological support; and practical coping and problem-solving strategies. Additionally, they have developed cost effective solutions, reducing the burden of back pain on primary care and the need for referral to specialists.

Developing an ubiquitous brand for the management of back pain both in the UK and internationally, Spring Active provide both private and NHS products and services. They work in partnership with health and social care providers supporting the re-design of services and care pathways in order to improve business processes. Their HealthyBack Coach also gained them recognition in December 2015 as the winner of the VRA (Vocational Rehabilitation Association) Initiative Award.

AN EARLY STAGE BUSINESS, COMBINING EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL APPROACHES AND EMERGING INTERNET ANDMOBILE PLATFORMS TO ENABLE PATIENTS TO BE IN CONTROL OF THEIR CARE, PROMOTING SELF-MANAGEMENT OF BACK PAIN LEADING TO IMPROVED OUTCOMES.

Evolyst

Evolyst is able to supply research, design, user

experience, projectmanagement, and expertise in healthcare all under one roof.

Using expertise in graphicdesign, software development, User Experience (UX) design,research and project management, Evolyst designs and develops digital healthcare technologies which are evidence-based. This is either through development of technologies for clients, or through the development of their own technologies.

EVOLYST SPECIALISES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SECTORS. THEY PREDOMINANTLY WORK WITHIN THE EHEALTH, MHEALTH, IOT AND WEARABLES MARKETS.

We believe that the Digitial healthcare market is due to show huge growth in thenext 10 years and we aim to be leaders in that curve.

“

Evolyst have been working on projects with a number of high profile clients in the healthcare sector, which are inclusive of the University of Warwick and the Institute of Digital Healthcare; BD Healthcare; The University of Coventry and Warwickshire Public Health.

As part of the School Food Plan, a new set of standards for all food served in schools was

launched by the Deparment for Education. They became mandatory in all maintained schools, new academies and free schools from January 2015.

Food served in some schools and academies inEngland must meet the school food standards so that children have healthy, balanced diets. The school food standards apply to all maintained schools and academies that were founded before 2010 and after June 2014.

KiddiChef’s clinically proven food and healthy balanced meal plan and its manufactured ready meals are available as a healthy, nutritionally balanced option to schools, day nurseries, hospitals, food service, and retail.

Following on from a successful completion of stage one of clinical trials and great interest from renowned Academic bodies for second stage, KiddiChef have already received a high level of interest from a number of leading retailers and NHS procurement. The company aim is to not only enter into new niches and increase its current offerings and client base, but to also venture into new markets, by creating and developing designated products and projects, giving the company international mass appeal.

KIDDICHEF.COM IS AN INNOVATIVE FOOD CONCEPT COMPANYTHAT PROVIDES HEALTHY ANDNUTRITIONALLY BALANCEDCLINICALLY PROVEN MEALS FORCHILDREN FROM 6 MONTHS UPWARDS,AS WELL AS ADULTS

With completion of the clinical study and the proven desired results, KiddiChef have expanded their catering operation. Theirmanufacturing offerings include 7 different meals, presenting the company with theopportunity to expand and secure customers such as NHS Sandwell, family holiday parksand numerous day nurseries and schools.

“

Kiddichef.com (UK)

(Pictured L-R) Desi Koleva and Nicola Davis, Kiddichef.com (UK) Ltd

(Pictured L-R) Ben Skirth, Luke Byerley, Callum Yates and Christopher Golby, Evolyst Ltd

6M

edical & H



Innovation Award

INNOVATION AWARD• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

(Pictured L-R) Caroline Herdman, Primasil Silicones Ltd and John Ferdinand, Marks & Clerk LLP

The latest innovations in development are being designed to improve the effectiveness and availability of the cooling cap which Paxman first developed in the late 1990s with help from Primasil. Their main challenge this time was to create a new silicone rubber formulation that would give the reusable cap greater flexibility to adapt to varying head shapes and sizes around the world. In addition, the partners looked at ways of increasing automation in the cap’s production to satisfy increasing demand for the product.

Chemotherapy affects rapidly dividing cells, which include most of our hair follicles. Its unintended consequence can be atrophy of the hair root bulb. The Paxman cooling cap essentially consists of a compact refrigeration system connected to a lightweight silicone rubber cap. By lowering the head and scalp temperature, immediately before, after and during treatment, it reduces blood flow to the follicles and so prevents or minimises damage.

Kimal

Kimal has taken its award-winning multi-tube

technology platform to the next level with its groundbreaking 7 lumen catheter.

Altius® SEVEN Lumenoffers 7 perfectly round lumens in an 8.5 french gauge size along with the standard revolutionaryfeatures of Altius®, which improve performance, increase safety and provide greaterprotection. No other catheter on the market offers this smaller size of catheter with 7 lumens.

Already the 7 lumen catheter has been adopted across sites in Europe, including QEHB (UK).

AN INNOVATIVE AND TRUSTED DEVELOPER AND MANUFACTURER OF VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES, KIMAL HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN VARIOUS ENTERPRISES FOR 50 YEARS

Altius® 7 lumen catheter offers the

ability to reduce the number of catheters

and insertions required by some patients, aiding in the battle against CBRSI and Sepsis.

100,000people each year

suffer from serious sepsis

costing the NHS £2.5 Billion each year.A uniquely closed and colour coded system means

that the innovative 7 lumen catheter also aids in the fight to combat misconnections of IV lines and the ability to keep incompatible drugs apart in identifiable separate lumens.

“”

Kiddichef.com (UK) LtdKiddiChef was born to get

children excited and connected with the food they are eating, from an early age through their adult life, to experience a variety of different food ingredients through innovative meals that they perhaps would NOT normally get to try at home.

The clinically proven KiddiChef food and meal plans have been equally proportioned to give the

daily intake that the body requires in order for it to release balanced energy throughout the day.KiddiChef is a great ambassador in providing all of the essential nutrition to include minerals, nutrients and vitamins that are provided naturally within the food itself as opposed to taking artificial and additional vitamins and nutritional supplements.

KiddiChef innovationcombines not only the physical, but also the

physiological effects which will both benefit the

healthcare market and bring overall cost savings.

“

Top Tips on Protecting Your BrandBY AMY WOOD AND JOHN FERDINAND - MARKS AND CLERK LLP

Clearing your brandFor all types of marks, it is advisable to conduct searches to determine freedom to use the mark and avoid confusion with any existing third party rights. This is particularlyworthwhile in the medical and healthcare sector where there could be clear public health considerations should confusion arise.

Using your markOnce using a trade mark, it is crucial to show consistently that the mark is being used as a trade mark for the goods and services concerned. In promotional material, it is necessary to always ensure that the mark is used as an adjective as opposed to a verb or noun as, through continued use of thelatter, the mark is at risk of becoming generic.

We are thrilled to have received the Medilink InnovationAward this year. It is wonderful recognition of what we can do for an industry where product innovation makes a real difference to people’s lives. Silicone rubber is a remarkable material, and with subtle alterations to its chemistry, we can develop ideal materials for specific and varied applications. When the right minds are brought together our potential for creating, improving and transforming medical devices is almost limitless.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.MARKS-CLERK.COM OR CONTACT:T: 0121 643 5881

Choosing a new brandThe initial decision of selecting a trade mark and in particular the name for a new product can be difficult one. Generally, from a legal perspective the strongest marks are those that are wholly invented, such as ROLEX or VIAGRA, as they are highly distinctive and easier marks to enforce. However even marks such as APPLE and INNOCENT - words in the public domain and yet applied in an unusual way - can result in brands just as strong. Depending on the type of product and the market, there can be a preference to adopt marks which provide some kind of indication as to the nature or purpose of the products in question so a message is conveyed to customers. The problem is that it may be very difficult to obtain protection for descriptive trade marks and prevent others using them. It is a good idea to balance the importance of conveying specific information to customers about the nature of the product against that of building a strong and enforceable brand name.

Consider protection for more than just “word” trade marksThe choice of packaging and other branding elements, such as logos can be equally as important for your brand - where branding materials and packaging have been designed by external agencies it is important to make sure that IP rights in the designs are transferred to your business - in many cases unless there is a specific agreement on this point your business will not own the IP even if you have paid for the work to be done!

EUROPE’S LEADING INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURER OF

SILICONE RUBBER PRODUCTS, PRIMASIL INNOVATION

HELPS IMPROVE PAXMAN™ COOLING CAP.

Collaboration between Primasil Silicones and its academic partner University of Huddersfield has

enabled Paxman™ to bring relief to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy by further reducing the risk of hair-loss during treatment.

(Pictured L-R) Ruth Clarke, Steve Minett and Pilar Mena, Kimal plc

(Pictured L-R) Caroline Herdman and Clive Denley, Primasil Silicones Ltd

WINNER Primasil Silicones

8M

edical & H



Partnership with the N

HS Aw

ard

PARTNERSHIP WITHTHE NHS AWARD• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

(Pictured L-R) Lucy Chatwin, WMAHSN, Robin Vickers, Digital Life Sciences and Christopher Parker, WMAHSN

Meridian is the pioneering online innovation exchange for the healthcare community from the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network. Anyone - including people from the NHS, academia, industry and the third sector—can share their innovations and ideas, swap success stories, build networks and contact others whose innovations could revolutionise healthcare in the West Midlands. Users can also upload their healthcare challenges and needs via campaigns, inviting solutions through new or existing innovations, speeding up the adoption and spread of good practice across the region.

Join the Meridian community now at https://meridian.wmahsn.org

https://meridian.wmahsn.org | [email protected] | @wmahsn | 0121 371 8061

Do you have a healthcare innovation or challenge? Then why aren’t you using Meridian?

Entec Health

Currently there is unacceptable variability in the standard of

chronic wound care practice and outcomes achieved across the NHS nationally. Wound Care provision for patients with chronic wounds has a high cost to the NHS, estimated at £3billion per annum.

Entec Health has an active NHSpartnering programme which involves informing and engagingNHS stakeholders on the advantages of adopting digital wound assessment and woundinformatics to address this “clinicalexcellence and cost-effectiveness gap” in wound management.

OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS, ENTEC HEALTH HAS DEVELOPED STRONG ENGAGEMENT WITH A WIDE RANGE OF NHS TRUSTS TO EXPLORE A NEW EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH IN WOUND MANAGEMENTPRACTICE ENABLED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.

I am delighted that Entec Health’s collaboration with

the NHS to support best practice in wound care for the benefit of patients has

been recognised by the Medilink West Midlands

Awards panel.

The Silhouette system (ARANZ Medical) is a unique and innovative digital solution for wound imaging, 3D wound measurement andinformation management to support improved clinical management of patients with chronic and acute wounds.

Entec Health is collaborating with innovator clinical champions and NHS Trusts to embed Silhouette as anenabler technology forevidence-based care to open up opportunities andimprovements.

“

Physiological Measurements

Physiological Measurements Ltd (PML) is an award-winning provider of direct-access community based diagnostic investigations in the fields of

cardiology and non-obstetric ultrasound.

PML also distributes niche medical equipment via the NHS Supply Chain and various other channels; including resting & stress ECG’s, holter and 24 hour+ ambulatory blood pressure monitors. Additionally, PML has recently signed an agreement as a distribution partner for Siemens Ultrasound.

PML have partnered with 44 clinical commissioning groups across the UK under block contract and AQP to deliver direct-access community baseddiagnostics services and increase patient choice.

PML HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A KEY BUSINESS PARTNER OF THE NHS AND MANAGES 5,000 PATIENT EPISODES FOR 44 CCGS

The NHS is seen as the beacon that other

healthcare economies look to emulate. We are tremendously proud of our status as an NHS business partner, the

relationships we hold and the quality of the service

we give our patients.

These services cover cardiology (ECG, Echo, Holter, ABP) and non-obstetric ultrasound delivered at GP surgeries and other central community locations, a number that is continually growing due to their success. PML’s longest running partnership started in 2007.

With PML’s partnerships, patients are able to be seen quickly and shorten the care pathway, thereby improving patient outcomes. The end result is that patients have abetter experience and CCGs can deliver services at areduced cost.

”

WINNERDigital Life Sciences

Working closely with clients within the healthcare sector to understand and deliver the

breakthrough value offered by digital products and services, Digital Life Sciences consult, build and deliver integrated digital models of care which: enable patient-led service improvement; facilitate on-line care planning; prescribe on-demand clinician-led digital advice, knowledge and learning; and undertake remote internet based non-invasive clinic appointments, clinical consultations and patient discussions.

Digital Life Sciences joined forces with The Vitality Partnership, now the Modality partnership (as Health United Birmingham) early in 2014 and placed a successful bid for the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund. In September 2015, the team from

Vitality and Digital Life Sciences were shortlisted for 5 HSJ Value Awards, and took home three; Value and improvement in information technology; Value and improvement in patient information management; and Value and improvement in using IT to support integrated healthcare services. The project was then shortlisted for the main HSJ awards in November.

Digital Life Sciences have now been commissioned to deliver DLS Access, transformation and strategy services into SW Healthcare GP Federation, following their award of a Wave 2 Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund. Stay Well Healthcare is a Federation of all 32 GP Surgeries in South Worcestershire serving over 92,000 patients in the region and have several other NHS projects in the pipeline.

DIGITAL LIFE SCIENCES AREAT THE FOREFRONT OF THEMOVEMENT TOWARDS TRULY DIGITAL MODELS FORDELIVERING HEALTHCARE

(Pictured L-R) Jon Pither, Physiological Measurements, Achala Patel and Sanjay Patel,

Entec Health, Robin Vickers, Digital Life Sciences

10M

edical & H



Export Achievement Aw

ard

WINNER Kimal

EXPORTACHIEVEMENT AWARD• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

To Kimal’s surprise the company was shortlisted for 3 awards at this year’s Medilink awards; Innovation, Export and Outstanding Achievement. Just to be nominated for any of these categories is an honour and privilege, but for Kimal to walk away with the Export award was the perfect ending to a perfect evening!!

(Pictured L-R) Steve Minett, Kimal plc and Ajay Desai, UKTI

Northern Powerhouse - Central & Eastern European Clinics Roadshow

Kimal are a UK based internationally activecompany who through their partners supply over 70 countries globally.

With 1 million packs manufactured in 2014/15 (outstanding achievement nominee) and the forecast due to be up 20% this year, Kimal see no slow-down for the requirements of their products throughout the world. Registering in new territories, connecting with new partners and distributors are all helping Kimal to become an even stronger globally recognised company/brand.

In recent times the company has opened direct operations outside of the UK with manufacturing

facilities in France, distribution in Germany, the Netherlands and the Middle East.

Of course Kimal home territory, the UK, is equally important to the company and Kimal have sales teams fullycommitted to filling customer requirements and bringing them access to all of the quality Kimal products available. One of those products which Kimal is very proud of is the Altius Seven, with which they were on the shortlist for the innovation award this year. The Altius Seven is a 7 lumen central venous catheter which uses patented Multi-Tube technology to create 7 lumens which are all round and provide laminar flow, allowing the catheter to be the smallest 7 lumen central venous catheter. The interest for this product has grown and grown since its first launch and this will definitely be on Kimal’s “one to watch” list.

“NutraHealth GroupNutraHealth plc (the ‘Group’)

is a UK manufacturer anddistributor of vitamins, minerals and food supplements (VMS) with two major divisions: Contract Manufacturing and Branded.

The brand portfolio spans the entire demographic, catering for mass and niche markets, actively trading in over 84countries across 6 continents, and currently registering products in over 25 additional countries.

In 2015 the Group won three major awards which has significantly helped to build their profile, resulting in further major business wins, including:

•The Queen’s Award - International Trade 2015• Medilink Award - International Trade 2015•Insider Award - International Trade 2015

UK MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF VITAMINS, MINERALS AND FOOD ACTIVELY TRADING IN OVER 84 COUNTRIES AND CURRENTLY REGISTERING PRODUCTS IN OVER 25 ADDITIONAL NEW COUNTRIES.

Our key focus as part of the 5 year plan is to extend our brand distribution further across Europe and beyond, focussing on BRIC/CIVET

markets.

“

UK TRADE & INVESTMENT (UKTI) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEDILINK ARE ORGANISING A NUMBER OF EVENTS EARLY IN 2016 AIMED AT HELPING LIFE SCIENCE & HEALTHCARE COMPANIES FROM ACROSS THE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE REGION TO DRIVE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.

The first of these events will be a series of Clinics focussing on healthcare markets in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEN) region and visiting

Sheffield, Newcastle and Manchester. Whether you are a new or experienced exporter, these Clinics will provide you with a unique opportunity to meet face to face with UKTI Healthcare Experts and potential buyers from key countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Countries represented will include:

• Poland • Hungary • Czech Republic • Austria • Romania

The UKTI Healthcare Experts will be able to discuss the trends, opportunities and business culture within their respective countries. This will open up new trade opportunities for your business, with CEN countries becoming increasingly attractive to UK companies as the markets for Healthcare and Life Sciences products expand dramatically. There is no need to get your passports out, or pay for international travel to take advantage of this opportunity, not in the first instance anyway!

ROADSHOW EVENTS FEBRUARY 2016:

Japan & South Korea Mission

THIS MISSION TO JAPAN (TOKYO) AND SOUTH KOREA (SEOUL) WILL HELP YOU TO ACCESS TWO OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXPANDING HEALTHCARE MARKETS, WITH THEIRCONTRIBUTION OF GDP TO HEALTHCARE BEING SECOND ONLY TO CHINA IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.

Starting the mission in Tokyo, you will receive comprehensive market overviews / briefings prior to attending clinics where you will have the opportunity to meet with trade, clinical, regulatory and other potential partners and attend a reception. On the second day you will have the choice of site visits or additional meetings or attending the group visit to clinical facilities and sites of commercial interest.

Japan and South Korea have similarities in their regulatory processes and both countries are heavily dependent on imported medical devices and consumables. This is a trade and cultural opportunity that you should not miss. A UKTI Market Visit Support grant is available towards the cost of this mission.

MISSION DATES: MARCH 2016Depart UK: 13th March I Arrive Tokyo: 14th March I Arrive Seoul: 16th March I KIMES Exhibition: 16th March

TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN THESE EVENTS PLEASE CONTACT: TOM ELLIOTT MEDILINK (NORTHERN NETWORK)

E: [email protected] T: +44 (0) 114 232 9292

Tuesday 23rd Sheffield I Wednesday 24th Newcastle I Thursday 25th Manchester

12M

edical & H



Outstanding Achievement Aw

ard

WINNERNutraHealth Group

OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT AWARD• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

(Pictured L-R) Emma Ellis, NutraHealth plc Group and Cathy Wardius, University of Birmingham

KimalKimal’s commitment to

supporting productdevelopment is exemplified by their continuous materials and process innovation. In addition to this is their ever-evolving partnership approach; they work together with the NHS, other manufacturers,suppliers & customers; utilising their facilities to best effect and to the benefit ofcustomers and patients.

Kimal’s initial success in the innovation of procedural packs led to the opening of their manufacturing plant in Bromsgrove, dedicated to providing quality medical devices for the healthcare market. SubsequentlyKimal opened a 60,000 sq. ft. distribution centre nearby at Droitwich, Worcestershire.

KIMAL HAVE OFFICES AND STAFF GLOBALLY EMPLOYING IN EXCESS OF 200 PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE MANUFACTURED OVER 1 MILLION PACKS SINCE APRIL 2014.

In addition to this, Kimal celebrated 25 years of manufacturing at Bromsgrove in March and the production of +10,000 packs in one month.

Kimal always look for new opportunities to bring fresh ideas, technologies and improvements in service where the customer, clinician and patient will all be able to benefit.

Kimal’s business has grownapproximately 15% on the previous year. This means that customers are prepared to continue to put their faith in Kimal and reap the benefits of increased productivity and customer service.

The reputation of Kimal has grown because of theincreased manufacturing success that is being seen. When deciding to go direct in countries such as Germany and France, this reputation for high quality manufacturing has blazed a trail for acceptance in these regions and means that Kimal is building on an already solid platform.

NutraHealth Plc is the UK’s largest manufacturer of vitamins and minerals, actively trading in over 84 countries across 6 continents and currently registering products in over 25 additional new countries.

2015 was an outstanding year for NutraHealth, made all the more so by receiving The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, recognising the successful delivery of a carefully considered business plan which has showcased and extended their UK vitamin and supplement manufacturing and branded businessesto customers and consumers globally. International trade awards from Medilink and Insider also significantly helped to build the profile of the Group.

Receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition

of our achievements in 2015, particularly receiving The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, is a great boost to everyone involved. Medilink West Midlands is a much valued partner in our efforts to grow our business in the UK and overseas, and we are delighted to have received this award.

“

Integro Pharmacy

Integro is a specialist pharmacy that develops systems

and processes to help carers and care organisations ensure their patients are taking the right medication at the right time.

Historically the dispensing,administration and re-ordering of prescriptions have been stand-alone activities. Because systems are largely paper based, there is little visibility or data sharing between the care home and the pharmacy. Thus, Integroengaged with care homes to develop an integrated approach for medicines management.

We rolled out an integrated system (along with training and revised processes) to help care

homes manage their medication rounds more

accurately and their medication replenishment

more efficiently.

The use of electronicmedication records is now gaining widespread acceptance and this can only benefit patients whose medication is being managed more safely.

The recording and sharing of actions taken helps care homes ensure and also demonstrate compliance with medicationregulations. Because customers are better able to plan and record their medication managementactivities, they are also more organised and efficient.

INTEGRO’S DEVELOPMENT FROM LAUNCHING IN 2010 HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY WINNING CHEMIST & DRUGGIST MAGAZINE’S 2014 CLINICAL SERVICE OF THE YEAR. THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM is pleased to announce

the launch of its first Business with Birmingham Innovation Competition in order to celebrate entrepreneurship andinnovation. The competition was launched at the Business with Birmingham annual conference on 20 November 2015, with winners to be announced this year.

Businesses are invited to apply in the following categories:

• High Growth Innovative SME of the Year - sponsored by R&D Tax Claims Ltd. £5,000 will be made available to the winning company to support collaborative R&D.

• Best Innovative Idea for Exploitation - sponsored by Forresters. The winner will receive £5,000 of Intellectual Property advice, including patent and trademark attorney support.

Applications must be submitted to by no later than 17:00 on Monday 21 March 2016.

BUSINESS WITH BIRMINGHAM 2016 INNOVATION COMPETITION

(Pictured L-R) Emma Ellis and Tom Farmer, NutraHealth plc Group

“

14M

edical & H


Ones to Watch Aw

ard

Med

ical

& H

ealt

hcar

eB

USI

NES

S A

WA

RD

S 20

15

7th / 14th January 2016

Birmingham

Transforming HealthcareCelebrating Excellence

MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE BUSINESS AWARDS

2015 SPONSORS

A huge THANK YOU goes out to our 2015 Awards Sponsors- without you the evening would not have been possible!

THIS YEAR’S ONES TO WATCH• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

SELF-CARE SMARTWATCH REDUCING BURDEN ON HEALTH SERVICEAND KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF HOSPITAL

Renfrew Group International (RGi) and Aseptika Ltd, developers of a range of self-monitoring medical devices, some in the form of wearable technologies, aimed

at assisting patients to self-manage long-term health conditions at home, have been working together on the development of the Activ8rlives BuddyWOTCH™.

This solution will provide “expert” pathways for use by both patient/carers and the healthcare team to inform, manage and report the success of self-care plans so that patients can remain independent at home, with a better quality and more sustainable model of care. Such solutions must be truly wearable, comfortable, ergonomic, attractive, and suitable for use with minimal training by consumers, often age-related. Achieving this whilst developing the packaging design, mechanical engineering and design for production has been the Renfrew Group team’s priority.

The BuddyWOTCH project, funded under the SBRI Healthcare programme, is for the development of a wearable health monitor Class 2 Medical Device. It comprises a wrist-worn smartwatch – “WOTCH” = Walking, Oxygenation, Temperature, Camera (image capture of medication, food and liquids) and Heartrate; a fingertip-worn sensing band for measuring blood oxygen – FingerBand SpO2; and a charging base – BaseStation. Together, they form the BuddyWOTCH. Each element of the product system require certifiable electronics and software, and RGi are creating an innovative mechanical design in which it can be packaged.

Medical & Healthcare

BUSINESS AWARDS 2015

January 2016Birmingham


Med

ical

& H

ealt

hcar

eB

USI

NES

S A

WA

RD

S 20

15

7th / 14th January 2016

Birmingham


Medical & Healthcare

BUSINESS AWARDS 2015

January 2016Birmingham


Accutronics

Renfrew Group International

LEADING BATTERY AND CHARGER DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY WITH OVER 40 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE SERVING MEDICAL OEMS WORLDWIDE.

When powering medical devices, performance, reliability and safety are critical aspects, which is why OEMs worldwide choose Accutronics for

batteries & chargers for their new equipment. They have a proven track record in delivering power solutions for medical devices as diverse as Ventilators, X-Ray machines, Endoscopy Data Recorders and Patient Monitoring as well asTele-Health and more.

Accutronics’ ACCUPRO custom design & manufacturing service integrates seamlessly into device development programs; their smart, innovative ENTELLION products bridge the gap between custom & standard products.

The new CMX series are high voltage, high rate, rechargeable lithium ion smart batteries that have the regulatory approvals required for the medical market. CMX is available off the shelf or can be customised to suit the requirements of OEMs. Available in both 14.4V and 28.8V versions, the higher voltage platform is preferable to OEMs who want a high level of device efficiency. CMX series batteries are capable of being discharged at up to 20A which makes them ideal for motor driven applications such as Acute ventilators. Lithium ion cell technology provides the highest gravimetric and volumetric energy density which allows battery powered medical devices to be made smaller and lighter. It is this mix of features and benefits that makes the CMX unique in the medical market.

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM was proud to sponsor the Outstanding Achievment Award at the recent MedilinkWM Healthcare Business Awards. MedilinkWM performs a valuable function across our region working with businesses across the sector, and we’re thrilled that the Univer-sity of Birmingham is able support their R&D activity!

CATHY WARDIUS, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

THE WEST MIDLANDS ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCE NETWORK was delighted to once more sponsor the “Partnership with the NHS” award as we really appreciate the amount of hard work that goes into making improvements to the delivery of care across the region. Yet again, there were really strong submissions in this category, which demonstrates the high level of expertise that we have in the West Midlands and the positive impact that all the companies have on how patients experience the NHS.

DR CHRIS PARKER AND LUCY CHATWIN, WEST MIDLANDS ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCE NETWORK

Many thanks to Medilink for arranging a wonderful event and a very enjoyable evening – a great environment to get to know businesses better and find out more about latest developments in the healthcare and medical sector in the Midlands. Judging by the range, quality number of companiesin attendance, business in the region in this sector is clearly thriving. MARKS AND CLERK were enormously proud to sponsor the Innovation Award again this year and were very impressed with the calibre of the finalists which all demonstrated the real-world commercial impact Innovation can have. Our particular congratulations to all the finalists and to the winners, Primasil Silicones Ltd, on the well-deserved award!

JOHN FERDINAND AND KIRAN SANDHU, MARKS&CLERK

It is exciting to see local businesses innovate and prosper with the capable assistance and nurturing from MedilinkWM. CALTHORPE ESTATES were delighted to sponsor and support the Start-Up Award – especially given how challenging it can be for companies when establishing themselves in new markets, the award endorses their outstanding achievements.

MARK LEE AND JAYNE HERRITTY, CALTHORPE ESTATES

It was a privilege to be a sponsor of the MedilinkWM Medical & Healthcare Business Awards 2015. Congratulations to all the nominated businesses and particularly to the winners!Our region is at the forefront of pioneering research and development in the Medical and Healthcare sectors and learning about the work being undertaken was truly inspirational.We look forward to working closely with members to develop bespoke insurance programmes and also to hear at first hand more about the pioneering work taking place right here on our doorstep.Thank you to those who approached Ingram, Hawkins and Nock at the Awards evening with your insurance questions; we look forward to meeting you again. For other members, please do not hesitate to call Harrison Law on 01384 375555 for expert advice on the insurance risks faced by your business, or www.ihnsure.co.uk

HARRISON LAW, INGRAM, HAWKINS AND NOCK

“

“

business awards 2015 supplement west midlands · 2016-01-27 · medical & healthcare business...

Documents