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Reminder to register for the 3rd Annual Innovations Against #AMR event as registration closes on the 13th of November 2024!

🌍 Join us for the 3rd Annual Innovations Against #AMR event, organised by Cytecom as part of World Health Organization World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW! This year, we’re thrilled to collaborate with Medilink Midlands, West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA, and Bruntwood SciTech to bring together the brightest minds focused on combating antimicrobial resistance across the UK. 🇬🇧 💡 Event Highlights: Our focus will be on groundbreaking developments in the fight against AMR, with a special emphasis on the contributions of SMEs. Whether you're in the early stages of innovation or scaling your solutions, this is the place to connect, collaborate, and advocate. 📅 Date: 20 November 2024, 9:30am - 5pm 🏢 Location: Enterprise Wharf, Birmingham 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eiV-pxtV Secure your spot as registration closes on 13th November!

Inspiring day yesterday in Birmingham at the West Midlands HealthTech Showcase. Such great ambition and support from the #midlandsengine for local entrepreneurs and drive to attract more outside investment (for every £1 invested in London only 15p is invested in Birmingham). Super pitches from the Plug and Play Tech Center accelerator cohort organised by Adam McGuinness and his team. Congratulations to the winning pitch from Magdalena Karlikowska CEO of Cytecom - definitely one to watch! #midlands #investment #innovation

This week, we’re excited to spotlight Cytecom—a company changing the way we diagnose bacterial infections! 🧫 Cytecom, led by Dr. Magdalena Karlikowska, is part of our Health Accelerator program. They’re addressing an important issue: the rising global health crisis of antimicrobial resistance, which causes 20% of all sepsis cases to involve bacteria resistant to first-line drugs. Their solution? A rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test that enables clinicians to make therapy decisions 48 hours faster than current methods. This innovation has the potential to save lives, reduce hospital stays, and cut sepsis-related healthcare costs worldwide. Antimicrobial resistance is projected to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050 and cost the global economy £66 trillion in lost productivity. It’s a critical issue, and Cytecom is on a mission to address this! 🎊 ___ Plug and Play UK’s Health Accelerator is being delivered as part of the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA, funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, in partnership with Innovate UK and the West Midlands Combined Authority. Ademen Ltd Cytecom EarSwitch Genomate Health Holly Health Intelligent Assist Medherant Limited MESOX Praxium AI Pyrexia #PNPUK #healthtech #nhs #futurehealth

Today, the United Nations General Assembly is hosting a High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (#AMR) at the UN Headquarters in New York. This crucial event, themed “Investing in the present and securing our future together,” brings together global leaders to accelerate actions against AMR. As a startup dedicated to developing novel #diagnostics for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (#AST), we recognise the importance of this meeting in addressing the urgent AMR crisis. Effective antimicrobial medicines are vital for human, animal, and plant health, and coordinated global efforts are essential to combat this rising threat. The press conference is starting now, follow it here: https://lnkd.in/ekNtzQSs You can then follow the meeting live from 3pm (BST) using this link: https://lnkd.in/eF57Tm_y #AMR #Innovation #diagnostics #OneHealth #UnitedNations #KeepAntibioticsWorking #antimicrobialresistance #antibioticresistance #fleminginitiative

We are honoured to host a delegation from Innovate UK as part of the Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) at our Genome Valley campus in Hyderabad. This esteemed delegation included 14 leading diagnostic and therapeutic businesses focused on combating anti-microbial resistance and developing cutting-edge health and life science solutions. By fostering joint innovation and international collaboration, the GBIP continues to drive significant advancements in the UK. The visit provided an invaluable opportunity to engage with key stakeholders from the global industry, network with fellow professionals, and initiate forward-focused collaborations. At IKP Knowledge Park, we are committed to the One Health approach and are proud to support this through our International One Health Incubator. Our team at IKP PRIME will play a pivotal role in identifying technology and potential IP for collaboration opportunities. We look forward to the innovative outcomes and strengthened partnerships from this initiative. For more information or to collaborate with us, write us at engage@ikpknowledgepark.com. #Innovation #LifeSciences #HealthTech #GlobalCollaboration #AntiMicrobialResistance #UKInnovate #GBIP #HealthcareInnovation #OneHealth Dr Phil Packer Charlie Fraser Sunny C. Anurag Kapoor Attomarker Andrew Shaw Dr Simon Holland CEXAL PRAVEENKUMAR KAVERI Noah Tattersall Cytecom Doug Roberts Erebagen FOLIUM Science Nathan Cox Sam Whitehouse LightOx Ltd Marianne Ismail Microbira Limited Phytoceutical Ltd Will Buchanan Presymptom Health Iain Miller, PhD, MBA Rapidx Bio Nipun Sawhney TaBriX.co.uk Marc Creus Vitec Microgenix Scott Perkins Ramanomics Jeff Liu, DPhil Zille Anam, PhD Deepanwita Chattopadhyay Viswanadham Duppatla D-NOME Pvt. Ltd. Dr Divya S. Bindu Nishal

Wishing our regional finalists the best of luck ahead of the Medilink UK National Healthcare Business Awards, taking place on 11 July at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering. 🎉 The Medilink Midlands Business Awards took place last May, and some of the winners have now been put forward as finalists in our Medilink network’s nationwide awards for the following categories: Advances in Digital Healthcare ⭐ Black Space Technology Delivering Innovation into Health and Care ⭐ Cytecom Export Achievement ⭐ Cellomatics Biosciences Ltd Innovation ⭐ Bioxhale Outstanding Achievement ⭐ Upperton Pharma Solutions Partnership Between Academia and Business ⭐ Healthcare Technologies Institute, University of Birmingham and Salts Healthcare Start Up ⭐ MESOX From exporting success, innovative business ideas to advancements in digital healthcare, the Medilink UK Awards recognise a multitude of achievements and outstanding contributions to the medtech and life sciences sector nationwide. Read more here >>> https://lnkd.in/eVejsqDY #businessawards #healthcare #medtech #lifesciences #innovation

Our regulatory officer, Noah Tattersall, has recently returned from the Innovate UK Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) to Hyderabad and Bengaluru, India. During his visit, he connected with experts and companies addressing the critical issue of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Throughout the week, Noah visited institutions including Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASPIRE BioNEST, IKP Knowledge Park, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) and Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre, engaging with experts in the AMR field and exploring innovative solutions. He also showcased the efforts of Cytecom in combating AMR. This trip was a valuable experience, and we are excited about the potential collaborations that may arise from it. Thank you to Innovate UK and FICCI for organising the programme. 

Cytecom is hashtag #hiring! We are looking for a talented Biomedical Engineer to join our team as a Product Developer.

So about last night... We teamed up with NatWest and the British Business Bank to deliver the Women Entrepreneur's Pitch Competition - and the pitchers knocked it out the park. At Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, we know there's still a great big gender gap when it comes to entrepreneurship and investment. So we brought together a room of women entrepreneurs, investors and connected individuals in the enterprise ecosystem to platform and network our region's high potential women led businesses. We had four incredible founders pitching their companies, selected from over 40 applicants: 💡 Magdalena Karlikowska from Cytecom - who have created an a portable, standalone, and easy-to-use device for rapid detection of live bacteria 💡 Christina French from Essench Cosmetic Solutions - who provide a complete service of sustainable and ethical product development to the cosmetics industry from sourcing raw ingredients to manufacture, labelling and packaging 💡 Olivia Simpson from SymbioTex - who have developed sustainably cultivated, compostable seaweed based pellets to replace single use plastics in medical devices such as inhalers 💡 Roksana Kasprzyk from SAFEQUEEN - who have developed a platform for reporting women's harassment incidents within Birmingham venues Congratulations to our winner and "One to Watch" Olivia Simpson - SymbioTex And thank you to our judges Hannah Tapsell Chapman - Mercia Asset Management PLC, Liz Hobster - Midven, Paul Faulkner - RCL Partners for taking on the tough job of selecting the winner. These businesses are all doing incredible things - so get behind them, champion them, connect and support them so that we can see more brilliant women led businesses achieve their potential. A big shout out to the NatWest West Midlands Women in Business Taskforce - particularly the fabulous Harinder Kunor, Tracy Sherratt BB Cert, Debbie Assinder & Fiona Latter MILM, MIoE - and Jim Shirley for your support. Also my #TeamChamber and Innovate UK Edge Colleagues including Francesca Thomas Adam Bev Henry Wilkinson for making it all happen, Browne Jacobson Nick Smee James Tait for hosting, Paul C. Clare Morris from Smoke and Ash for the rather delicious pizza and the always brilliant Edwin Ladd for capturing the event.