Life Sciences
Birmingham’s well-known strengths in life science innovation have resulted in ventures that address pressing medical challenges, improve medical care and increase health and well-being. We are proud to share this year’s highlights from this portfolio.
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Moving past insulin
From prediction to prevention, discover how Professor Colin Dayan is helping reshape the future of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) treatment and care.

The spin-out speeding up diagnostics
When a new infectious disease emerges, one of the first challenges is finding a reliable way to detect it. For diseases such as Ebola or Hantavirus, the need is urgent.

Healome turns wound science into new eye-care treatment
Combining scientific expertise, investment and entrepreneurship, Healome is bringing a promising healthcare innovation closer to patients.

IMS Solutions develops 'steroid fingerprints' for endocrine disorders
Discover how decades of endocrine research are being transformed into new diagnostic tests for some of healthcare's most complex conditions.

CEIS Solutions: making good ideas work in the real world
A venture specialising in Implementation Science, ensuring that new innovations and evidence are translated into real-world policy and practice change.

From research model to regulated device: PsyMetRiC’s next leap
Helping bridge the gap between evidence and implementation, this innovation is enabling earlier intervention for people at risk of poor physical health.

Fuelling athletes at scale
fuelsync® helps athletes tailor their fuelling strategies through cutting-edge science. Find out how the venture grew from a university innovation to a global service.

Dexter AI: from research tool to ambitious spin-out
A software that started as a research project formed the basis of web-based application to securely extract and analyse Real World Data.