MedTech
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.
The range of products and services is vast, spanning medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics, and overlaps with medicines (through drug delivery systems) and with digital health (through software as a medical device).
The sector is therefore highly diverse, dominated in the UK by resource-constrained SMEs, and the individual segments can to some extent, be viewed as separate industries. But they’re bound together by some common elements – a shared regulatory framework; an increasing convergence of technologies (particularly in connected devices); and a drive to deliver innovation. They also face some common challenges – these include a complex innovation and funding landscape; regulatory change; and a need to improve sustainability.
KTN can help innovators to navigate the complex landscape and accelerate ambitious ideas into new products and services. Our team of trusted experts, from within the Health team and across the wider range of disciplines in which KTN has deep expertise, can help create diverse connections to drive positive change.
Related Opportunities
SBRI: Overdose detection, response and intervention
Opens: 31/01/2023 Closes: 21/04/2023
Organisations can apply for a share of £5 million inclusive of VAT. This is to deliver innovations addressing key drug related overdose priorities across two competitions.
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UK-China Healthy Ageing Accelerator Feb-Apr 2023
Opens: 20/02/2023 Closes: 17/04/2023
We seek innovators with new product or service ideas that can support people to stay healthy, connected and active as we age.
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Mobility Pathfinder 2023
Opens: 01/03/2023 Closes: 12/05/2023
£50k-£70k funding available for inspirational, life-enhancing ideas, prototypes, or plans to reimagine how personal mobility options in the UK can better support a rapidly ageing population to stay connected, active, and independent for longer.
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UK Phage Innovation Showcase
Join us at this free inaugural event for the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Centre for Phage Research and showcase of the knowledge and experience in phage research and development in the UK across multiple sectors.
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UK Phage Innovation Showcase
Join us at this free inaugural event for the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Centre for Phage Research and showcase of the knowledge and experience in phage research and development in the UK across multiple sectors.
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Related News
13/03/2023
Triple win for UK companies at European healthy ageing innovation event
In March 2023, three UK projects were announced as the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of the Innovation Pitch competition at AgeingFit, with the first-place winner being recognised as the most innovative project in Europe in the healthy ageing sector.
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21/11/2022
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They’re some of the areas being looked at by 12 startups on the new Sustainable Impact Investment accelerator programme.
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Programmes related to MedTech
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.
Neurotechnology Landscape
Neurotechnology is the application of electronics and engineering to the human nervous system and ranges from the measurement of the whole brain through technologies such as electroencephalography to the stimulation of a single nerve using bioelectronic medicines.
Health Funding Map
The map was developed by 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.