Health

Health is critical to our wellbeing as individuals, plays a key role in societal and economic advances, and presents many opportunities for environmental impact. Innovations in health & care allow us to alleviate suffering, increase quality of life and life expectancy, and manage the needs of a changing and ageing population.

The Health sector which delivers these innovations is diverse and covers a wide range of business activities. Innovate UK KTN covers the whole sector by focusing on the broad sub sectors of Medicines, Medical Technology and Digital Health. The logic behind this focus is that each of the sub-sectors is a significant sector in its own right and has distinct characteristics. The Health team at Innovate UK KTN has considerable experience of working in these sub-sectors and of driving cross-sector working to facilitate positive change.

Our Medimap provides a dynamic representation of the UK’s end-to-end medicines supply chain covering organisations involved in the discovery, development and manufacture of medicines, as well as those supporting the sector.

Our Health Funding Map, developed with the BioIndustry Association (BIA), will help in the navigation of the complicated world of medical and health innovation funding. You can find links to, details of, and further information on many funding schemes covering a wide variety of health areas.

Our current focus in this area

The digital health and care sub-sector is characterised by a large number of small companies developing technology across the health spectrum.

The medicines sector is characterised by a few large pharmaceutical companies and a large number of SME biotech companies.

Medical technologies touch all of our lives – from pregnancy testing and ultrasound scans before birth; through wound care products for childhood injuries; to diagnostic imaging systems and therapeutic implants for disease in adults.

From bioelectronic medicine that treat chronic diseases, to brain-computer interfaces that help stroke rehabilitation, neurotechnology will play an increasingly important role in meeting some of the challenges of an ageing society.

Precision Medicine aims to target the right drug, to the right patient, at the right dose and the right time. Precision Medicine is a cutting-edge field of innovation that improves disease outcome by tailoring treatments to characteristics of patients.

The Microbiome Innovation Network (formerly SIG) aims to accelerate the commercialisation of microbiome-based products and services in the UK and create a vibrant community by connecting industry and academia.

The application of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to the field of health represents a major opportunity for the UK. AI is a powerful tool that can be applied across industry sectors to solve specific challenges. The application of these tools in Health requires a mutual understanding between the AI and Health communities.

Related Opportunities

Canada-UK: Biomanufacturing of Biologics and Advanced Therapies

Opens: 26/06/2023 Closes: 17/10/2023

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3.5m to collaborate with Canadian SMEs on joint R&D to innovate in biomanufacturing biologics and advanced therapies.

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Flexible, agile, scalable and sustainable medicines manufacturing

Opens: 26/09/2023 Closes: 22/11/2023

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5m for development and implementation of technologies for medicines development and manufacture.

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Biomedical Catalyst 2023 Round 2: Industry-led R&D

Opens: 20/09/2023 Closes: 08/11/2023

UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £20 million to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges.

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Horizon Europe Health (Cluster 1) Consortia Building Event

09.30 - 12.30 | Online

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2023

UK Phage Innovation Showcase

09.30 - 16.30 | Leicester/online

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2022

Medicines Made Smarter: Data, AI, Robotics and the future of medicines manufacturing

12.00 - 13.00 | Online

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Biomedical Catalyst

Biomedical Catalyst

Helps transform innovative ideas into commercially viable businesses.

Health Funding Map

Health Funding Map

The map was developed by Innovate UK KTN and the BioIndustry Association (BIA) with the help of a wide range of funders. It helps in the navigation of the complicated world of health innovation funding.

Medimap: End-to-end medicines supply chain map

Medimap: End-to-end medicines supply chain map

Medimap is a new interactive reference tool for the UK medicines sector, mapping and categorising over 3,000 sites of organisations engaged in or supporting the end-to-end supply chain for medicines.

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