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The Health sector which delivers these innovations is diverse and covers a wide range of business activities. Innovate UK Business Connect 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 Business Connect 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.
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Related Opportunities
Launchpad: life and health sciences, Northern Ireland – Round 2 MFA
Opens: 04/11/2024 Closes: 11/12/2024
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.3m for innovation activities in the life and health sciences cluster in Northern Ireland.
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Launchpad: life and health sciences, Northern Ireland – Round 2 CR&D
Opens: 04/11/2024 Closes: 11/12/2024
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.3m for innovation activities in the life and health sciences cluster in Northern Ireland.
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Investor Partnerships in health technologies, West Yorkshire: Rd 1
Opens: 04/11/2024 Closes: 11/12/2024
Grant funding for SME innovation projects, alongside investment from selected investor partners, in the health technology cluster in West Yorkshire
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Mindset extended reality (XR): Digital therapeutics for mental health
Opens: 04/11/2024 Closes: 15/01/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3.7 million for R&D projects that provide digital therapeutics for mental health solutions.
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Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF): Expression of Interest
EOIs accepted on a rolling basis; quarterly assessments
Capital grants to support investments over £8m in the manufacture of human medicines, medical diagnostics and medtech products; assessed quarterly
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Horizon Europe Pump Priming collaboration opportunities 2024
Opens: 12/11/2024 Closes: 17/01/2025
Innovate UK and British Academy are pleased to announce funding schemes for Horizon Europe Pump Priming Grants, open to all disciplines.
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Related Events and Recordings
Wed
13
Nov
2024
Adoption of preventative healthcare innovation in an evolving health and care economy
14.00 - 15.30 | Online
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3
Sep
2024
Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme Engagement Events
11.00 - 13.00 | Across UK and online
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Tue
17
Sep
2024
Healthy Ageing – Funding and Investment Opportunities Snapshot Webinar
14.00 - 15.00 | Online
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Thu
25
Jul
2024
Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme Information Webinar
11.00 - 12.00 GMT | Online
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Related News
24/07/2024
£3.2m funding awarded to advance early-stage healthcare innovation
Thirty-three companies, which took part in Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst pilot accelerators, have been awarded funding to further develop their innovative projects.
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08/05/2024
ME, chronic fatigue syndrome and long Covid project receives Innovate UK funding
PrecisionLife has received an Advancing Precision Medicine grant from Innovate UK to investigate the causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and long Covid.
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16/05/2024
Project to detect hidden signs of osteoporosis gets Innovate UK funding
Naitive Technologies has secured funding from Innovate UK’s Advancing Precision Medicine programme to develop its technology which aims to find patients at risk of osteoporosis during routine, otherwise unrelated, hip or pelvis X-rays.
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Related programmes
Transforming Medicines Manufacturing
Innovate UK’s Transforming Medicines Manufacturing programme aims to drive the de-risking and adoption of highly innovative flexible, agile and scalable manufacturing technologies through a culture of collaboration that will drive the growth of this critically important manufacturing sector.
Biomedical Catalyst
Helps transform innovative ideas into commercially viable businesses.
Healthy Ageing Community of Practice
The Healthy Ageing Community of Practice is a collaborative learning community for businesses, social ventures, researchers, investors and policymakers to connect and share knowledge and insights in relation to healthy ageing.
UK-Kenya Health Global Innovation Network
This Global Innovation Network shatters knowledge silos and ignites collaborative action. We bridge the gap between cutting-edge UK expertise and Kenyan ingenuity, co-creating accessible, affordable solutions to conquer Kenya’s cancer challenges.
Phage Innovation Network
Driving innovation in the regulation and development of phage-based technologies for applications across multiple sectors, ensuring the UK maintains its strong stance on tackling antimicrobial resistance and solidifies its position as a world leader in phage research.
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.
Health Funding Map
The map was developed by Innovate UK Business Connect 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.