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Driving Life Sciences Business In the UK Midlands Region
2 Driving Life Sciences Business Driving Life Sciences Business 3
Sir John Peace
Contents Introduction
Welcome to Midlands Engine for Growth 03 With an economy worth more
Why Locate Here? 05 than £200 billion a year ...
Strengths of the Midlands Engine 07 the Midlands has become a real
Core Life Sciences Business Resources 11 focus for UK Life Science research Life Sciences has become a multi-billion dollar, global business. It tackles issues
Regional Centres of Clinical Research Excellence 14 and business growth. which know no borders - health and disease, well-being and the ageing of
populations – by fostering an environment of international co-operation.
Trauma & Defence Medicine Sir John Peace - Chairman, Midlands Engine
With an economy worth more than £200 billion a year, the Midlands, with
• Major Trauma Centres 15 its excellent national and international transport connections, particularly in
Birmingham and Nottingham, has become a real focus for UK Life Science
• Orthopaedic Centres 16
research and business growth.
Clinical Trials, Testing & Research 20
The Midlands is also driving the sector internationally, not least because our
• Medical Supply Chain 22 world-class universities, 7 of which have medical schools, promote strong
collaboration between academia, industry and health.
Trading Stories 24
Due to a unique cluster of specialist provision, the Midlands is the UK’s centre
The Future and in Progress 27 for Trauma & Defence Medicine. The new Defence and National Rehabilitation
• Life Sciences Space Opportunities Centre is under construction at Stanford Hall in Nottinghamshire.
• Science & Business Space Opportunities 29 The Midlands has stable yet diverse urban and rural population demographics
and our Clinical Trial capability is extensive, with over 3,500 studies carried out
Travel & Location 31 by regional health organisations in 2016.
Support for Investors 32 We have strong life science supply chains, including manufacturing companies
and contract research organisations resulting in a diverse, adaptive and strong
offer to inward investors.
From Med-Tech to Bio, the Midlands offers a strong support network to
businesses moving into the region. With specialist sector knowledge and
local networks across the region, we offer support from the Academic Health
Science Networks and Medilinks, through to our Growth Hubs.
Our Centre for Healthcare Equipment and Technology Adoption at Nottingham
University Hospital, was set-up as a direct response to the challenge from the
NHS to adopt new devices and put new technologies into practice.
The already strong economy of the Midlands will be further enhanced by the
major investments the UK government is making, namely HS2 high speed rail,
which will have a profoundly transformative effect on the region.
As a Midlander I know what a great place the Midlands is to live and work in. As
you read on, I hope you will realise this too.
I hope you decide to join us.
Sir John Peace
Chairman, Midlands Engine
Designed and produced by Medilink Midlands 2020 on
behalf of Department of International Trade (DIT)
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Within top 3 14% of all UK Life Sciences employment is in
the Midlands (33,964 Jobs), identified as
Welcome
within the top three by the Office of Life
for UK Life Sciences Sciences (OLS).
The Midlands Engine The Midlands particularly excels in MedTech
specialist service and supply businesses, ranking Ranked 2nd
for Growth first ahead of the South East and East of England,
with over 12,000 jobs and 14% of the national
Located in the centre of the United employment total (12% in BioPharma and nearly for specialist service and
20% in MedTech)
Kingdom, the Midlands Engine is the supply companies
heartbeat of the nation’s economy.
The Midlands Engine is the place to do business, with a
world- class research and innovation infrastructure The Midlands Engine has strength in core
MedTech industry, with 7% of employment
including science and technology parks and business
incubation facilities, alongside the delivery of Second largest (18,417 jobs) in Medical Technology, making the
Midlands the second largest UK employer in
knowledge exchange programmes.
MedTech - This is further strengthened by the
Home to the largest number of medical technology UK employer in MedTech Defence Medicine Rehabilitation Centre's
service and supply companies in the country, with a location in the region.
strong life sciences pedigree that stretches from
Nottingham, with BioCity as its centrepiece, to
Birmingham and the Institute for Translational
Medicine. The region is also underpinned by a strong In 2018/19, the Midlands Engine region
private sector base containing globally significant attracted 224 Foreign Direct Investment
companies such as 3M, Abbott Healthcare, Orion
Pharma., Parexel, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Reckitt
projects in total across the region, creating
over 6,000 new jobs and safeguarding a
16%
Benckiser, Catalent Pharma Solutions and Quotient further 1,056. The region accounted for 16%
Sciences, as well as key manufacturers Jaguar Land of the UK’s overall exports in 2013, selling to
Rover, Rolls Royce (Aerospace) and JCB, to name but a over 178 coun-tries worldwide. Exports
of the UK’s overall exports
few. increased by 38% between 2010 and 2013
The Midlands Engine has over 1,200 life sciences
Broad Street, Birmingham, courtesy of the © West Midlands Growth Company
businesses supporting over 33,000 high skilled jobs. Of
the 5.2 million people working in the Midlands Engine,
41.6% are in knowledge intensive sectors. Stable population It is recognised that the Midlands Engine is
home to a large, ethnically diverse and stable
The Midlands Engine links the UK to the rest of the population with the largest non-white British
world through its network of freight and passenger population outside of London. This large and
airports, and connects the country through its road Large, ethnically diverse and stable, diverse ethnic population and
network and rail links. 90% of all UK businesses are demographic mix provides a perfect platform
within 4 hours’ drive from the Midlands. stable population for medical research and clinical trials
The Midlands has a rich set of research and innovation
assets. Home to 20 Universities, with 2 of these in the
Top 15 UK Universities, supported by a network of 40
Further Education Colleges, the 2014 Research
Excellence Framework found world leading research in The Midlands Engine has 6 medical schools; each 14%
281 University departments. One of our Midlands benefiting from proximity to, and close working with,
Engine Universities ranks in the UK top 10 for NHS Trusts. 1 in 7 (14%) of the UK's Medical Schools
research power. are based in the Midlands. 14% of all UK Medical
The Midlands Engine contributes over £200 billion a
Schools are based in the
year to the UK economy, with a fifth of all UK Midlands
manufacturing jobs being based in the Midlands.
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Why locate here
s s Skills Base
The Midlands Engine is home to extensive research and
• A knowledgeable and collaborative life sciences skills
base
• 20-29 year olds are the largest demographic group
52 NHS Trusts 21 Innovation Centres 2 Airports
including one 24 Hr Air
Freight Airport
development facilities, as well as one of Europe’s largest and • Around 5.2million people (15.9 ) In the Midlands are in
• 42 Clinical Terminal
20
most diverse populations. employment, with 41.6 judged to be in knowledge
intensive sectors. Commissioning
The availability of land and development opportunities within • 33,964 highly skilled jobs in life sciences Groups Universities
7
the region for companies looking to expand or invest in the life • 46,111 A level students in the Midlands Engine with 18 out of 20
sciences sector and take advantage of accelerated clinical • Percentage of students achieving grades AAB or better • 10 Sustainability Universities
programmes, along with an established and well-connected life at A level: 15.1
Rail freight terminals
sciences community, provides exciting opportunities to new
and offering courses
and existing businesses. This, combined with state of the art Clinical trials Transformation connected to
clinical and global healthcare facilities, drives strong
Partnerships health
collaboration between academia, industry and health to give
the region’s
• 86 Clinical Trial facilities - one in five uk Clinical Trial
Facilities are in the Midlands and the Midlands has (22.7 of UK 1 UK’s largest cargo
life sciences industry a competitive advantage. For companies
operating on a global level, the Midlands Engine is a catalyst
for extending supply chains and a key to long term growth.
• Unique population a large and stable, diverse ethnic
population and demographic mix provides a perfect
platform for medical research and clinical trials (largest
STPs)
• Serving a footprint
7 Enterprise ones
within easy reach
of the motorway
tonnage port
non-white British population outside of London) of over 10 million network and
Connectivity & Accessibility people Airports
• The Midlands has more clinical trial facilities than any
other English region
At the heart of road and rail infrastructure, the Midlands
strategic road and rail networks such as the M6, the M1, the
West Coast Mainline, the East Coast Mainline, and the Liveability & Affordability
Midlands Mainline are all of national importance. The East
• Wide range of residential properties available in a mix
Midlands Gateway project provides a Strategic Rail Freight of urban and rural locations
Interchange with up to 6 million sq ft of new distribution and • Average house price 213,481 (London 625,817 /
storage buildings, built next to the UK’s only 24 hour Air South East (Oxford) 412,125 / East of England
Freight Terminal airport with links to the motorway network (Cambridge)
allowing goods to be shipped easily anywhere across the UK, • 315,176). (Source: Rightmove, 28/02/2020)
an import and export advantage.
• Region boasts Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty such
as the Peak District and the Cotswolds
Manufacturing & Supply Chain Cost of living on average 22 lower than London, 22
lower than the South East (Oxford), 10 lower than the
• The Midlands has a strong advanced manufacturing and East of England (Cambridge) and 10 lower than the
engineering base which employs 614,000 people and national average
accounts for one fifth of the UK’s manufacturing
employment. Infrastructure & Capacity
• 664 core medical technologies businesses and a further
313 associated service and supply businesses 23 of
• Wide range of accommodation available from new build
the UK total.
to established research & development facilities
• 1209 life sciences & healthcare businesses
• 9 Growth Hubs
Academia
Science Park Nottingham
• 18 out of 20 Universities offer courses connected to
health
s s • 6 Schools of Medicine
s ss s • Midlands Engine Institutions secured over 20 of all UK
Research Council Funding in 2019, over 246m.
• World-leading research in 281 University departments
• 666 Secondary Schools - 15.1 achieve AAB or better
at A Level
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Strengths of
the Midlands
The Midlands Engine offers an unparalleled blend Clinical Collaborations
Business Support
of businesses, Universities and research translation The region’s two Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs)
Medilink Midlands
centres, coupled with strong collaboration, research lead, catalyse and drive co-operation and productivity between
Academia, Industry, Health and care providers and commissioners The Life Sciences Industry Association, with
and clustering activities which combine to make an and citizens, helping to accelerate the adoption of innovation to
generate continuous improvement in the Midlands Engine health and
offices in both East and West Midlands,
supporting the regions Life Sciences Sector for
wealth. They both have specific Themes and Priorities in which
established and well-connected eco-system.
over a decade
Clinical, Academia and Industry collaborate in order to provide
solutions to health and social care challenges. Three solutions that
have evolved to address these challenges with clinical and industry
>1200
The Midlands Region is home to notable high growth Life sciences & healthcare
compan-ies indigenous to the Midlands, including the
Academic Collaborations collaborations are:
businesses within the Midlands
Binding Site, Salts Healthcare, Quotient Sciences, SCRIPT Medicines Management - To address the training need Engine Region
Sygnature Discovery, Charnwood Molecular, Kimal Plc, Midlands Innovation (www.midlandsinnovation.org.uk) relating to medicines management and medicines optimisation, an
Pennine Healthcare, Alliance Medical, Biocomposites, eLearning programme for nurses was developed, based on the
Thea Pharmaceuticals, and XenoGesis. A collaboration of eight research-orientated Universities
(Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, established successful SCRIPT programme for Foundation trainee
Alongside these local companies, there are established
multinationals including Parexel, McKesson UK, Clinigen
Loughborough, Nottingham, and Warwick) combining their
collective excellence to unite the power of University
doctors. Partner Organisations: University of Birmingham; Coventry
and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Health Education England. £246 m
Group, Worldwide Clinical Trials, 3M, Fresenius Medical research with the unique strengths of Midlands industry to With 20 Universities, Midlands Engine
Care, Catalent Pharma Solutions and Walgreens Boots drive cutting-edge research, innovation and skills Atrial Fibrillation - AF Advance Programme - Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
is one of the most common forms of abnormal heart rhythm and a Institutions secured over 20% of all UK
Alliance. This sub-sector is further strengthened by the development.
major cause of stroke. Working with CCGs, the EMAHSN has Research Council Funding in 2019, over £246m.
expansion of Almac with the move from their Northern
Ireland Headquarters on to the Charnwood Campus in engaged with healthcare professionals to put in practices new
3 Midlands Innovation Universities are in the Top
approaches to improve diagnosis and treatment. Since the launch of
£4 bn
Leicestershire, as well as by the move of Abbott 100 QS World University rankings.
Healthcare from Stratford to Solihull. the project 896 devices have been deployed to participating
practices and support services in the East Midlands to increase
4 noted in the top 20 for the detection and protection rates. The AF Advance Programme has
The further success of local companies can also be 2020 The Complete University Guide. Midlands Enterprise Universities
evidenced through the healthy level of company seen an increase in detection with an additional 6,247 people collectively contribute more than £4
acquisitions. diagnosed with AF in 2018/19 and an additional 5,510 East Midlands
The 8 Midlands Innovation Universities generated billion to the region’s economy
patients being treated for AF (2018/19). On average this has
£550m in consolidated research grants and contributed to 220 people avoiding a stroke and a reduction of 73
Of the 38 UK local Enterprises Partnerships (LEPs), 9 are contracts in one year.
14%
deaths.
located in the Midlands Engine. LEPs provide a range of
activities and
10% of all UK postgraduate students are at
services with the aim of adding significant value to local
Midlands Innovation Universities The Transfer of Medicines Programme aims to implement a process
that can facilitate the safe transfer of medicines at both the The Midlands Engine's 6 Medical Schools
delivery and maximising the collective impact of the Midlands
Midlands Enterprise Universities interface and handover of care. The process will support the account for 14% of the UK total.
Engine. To facilitate enterprise development they operate:
(www.midlandsenterpriseuniversities.co.uk) medicines reconciliation process to reduce medication-prescribing
• Growth Hubs errors. Partner organisations: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS 10 Universities train Midwives; 11 Universities
A partnership of seven entrepreneurial Universities Foundation Trust; Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust; Pfizer train Nurses; 15 regional Universities offer
• Enterprise Zones
(Birmingham City, Coventry, Nottingham Trent, Derby, Ltd. Additionally 3,063 patients in the East Midlands have received clinical related & professions allied to
• European Structural and Investment Funds Programmes Lincoln, Wolverhampton and De Montfort) working together extra support with their medicines on discharge. medicine courses
to drive productivity and economic growth across the
There are 21 Midlands innovation centres dedicated to
Midlands through skills, innovation and enterprise have come The regional AHSNs are engaging with industry to facilitate Digital
speeding up the growth and success of start-up and early-
£3.9 bn
together to: Health and healthcare innovations by providing advice and support
stage companies. In 2017/18, Innovate UK awarded Grant
Funding totalling £300m to the Midlands, representing • Enable innovation and to stimulate an innovation around Clinical Trials, Evaluation, IP Protection, Market
over 25% of the UK Total. • ecosystem Deliver focused support to Midlands Engine Entry,Adoption, Inward Investment and Wealth Creation.
Small and Medium sized businesses (SMEs) Industrial R&D is core to the Midlands Engine.
• Provide multi-billion-pound investment into new 77 private hospitals Businesses invested over £3.9 billion in R&D in 2017
facilities for students and businesses with 47,000 employees engaged in R&D activity
159 NHS Hospitals
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Strengths A critical emerging sector for the Midlands is Data-
driven Healthcare and Digital Healthcare, with the
of the Midlands
region hosting a rapidly-growing cluster of digital health
companies and more digital start-ups than any UK area
outside of London. The Midlands also attracts global
companies to relocate here through our distinctive
NHS-partnering ecosystem, cutting-edge facilities and
world-leading expertise, as well as critical focal sites
including two UK Life Science Opportunity ones
s Region s s ss s s s (Charnwood Campus and Birmingham Life Science
Park). The Midlands is a health data and AI powerhouse,
s s s s s as recognised by the UK Sector Deal. Within this area,
s s s s there are two concentrations of activity:
s s elerating isease o use in ustrial resear
Utilising close relationships between academic/clinical
s excellence and ethnically diverse population, and world-
leading data scienceexpertise, the Midlands environment
The Catapult Centres are a network of world delivers the unparalleled opportunity to reduce
leading centres designed to transform the development time and costs of clinical trials to innovate
UK’s capability for innovation in specific faster. This is demonstrated through our regional
Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre, cou tesy of © Homes and Communit Agency
areas and help drive future economic infrastructure including: the UK’s only Centre for
growth. Patient Reported Outcomes, the Midlands HDRUK
Substantive Site, the Centre for BME Health, the
Medicines Discovery Midlands-Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre,
Catapult laboratory - A new two UK Digital Innovation Hubs
innovative Medicines (participating in a third), a fully integrated NIHR
Discovery Catapult facility infrastructure
coordinated by the three Midlands
targeted at developing new Biomedical Research Centres, and some of the UK’s
complex biological assays foremost diagnostic and experimental medicine
and advanced biochemical capabilities (e.g. the UK’s largest NHS genetics service,
analysis. Genomic Medicine Centre and NIHR award for the joint
adult-paediatric facilities). All working collaboratively
High alue Manufacturing with companies to develop technologies that support
Catapult prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of chronic
diseases.
s The region is home to the largest number of H M is the application of
MedTech service and supply companies and also leading edge technical
home to over 20 of the UK’s manufacturing knowledge and expertise to eli ering unri alle igital in rastru ture To support
s employment which provides 614,000 UK the creation of products, collaboration, mobilise NHS data and give patients
manufacturing jobs. This market is fed by a highly- production processes, and across the UK faster access to pioneering new
skilled talent pool and links to vibrant, world-class associated services. treatments, the region has developed a locally
s research bases such as the four ‘Catapult’ centres developed and internationally leading digital health
that bring together clinicians, scientists, engineers infrastructure. This features two Alan Turing Institute
The Midlands Engine is the epicentre of and business to evolve medicines, manufacturing, sites, four NHS England Global Digital Exemplars, the
Ansty Park, Coventry - H
advanced manufacturing and engineering in transport and energy systems. The Manufacturing High Performance Computing Midlands Plus centre, the
the UK, including innovative leaders in digital Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry is part of the PathLake Centre of Excellence, one of the world’s
Energy Systems Catapult
and collaborative production processes. Its High alue Manufacturing Catapult group and largest Arm-based supercomputer deployments and the
Transformation of our whole
extensive supply chain is reshaping chemicals, develops innovative manufacturing processes and UK’s largest IBM Power9 AI cluster. The Midlands offers
energy system and capture
base and fabricated metals, electrical items, technologies to support a range of manufacturing an unrivalled ability to link and analyse patient data,
the new commercial
prefabrication and subcontracting including sectors across the region and further afield. leverage our translational research infrastructure to
opportunities created
machinery for Life Sciences as well as other trial and validate new health interventions, and bring
(covering electricity, heat
sectors. those impacts back to the patient (as well as our
and combustible gases).
industry collaborators) at sufficient scale and pace to
meet the Grand Challenges set by the UK Industrial
Strategy.
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Core Life Sciences
s ss s s
The Midlands region has six Medical Schools each Clinical Business Support Centres
benefiting from proximity to, and close working with
Hospital Trusts. The number of Medical Schools in the The Midlands Engine skills base makes it the go to
Midlands represents 14 of all Medical Schools in location for organisations who want to develop diverse
Science Park Nottingham
England. This is also reflected in the scale of our and dynamic partnerships between businesses,
regional training capacity in science and engineering. academia, suppliers and customers. The region is further
Our Medical Schools are now working together with poised to capitalise on its ecosystem of assets to create
other key stakeholders as the ‘Midlands Health a globally significant resource for the life sciences
Innovation’ group. industry, bringing together industry with clinical,
scientific and academic excellence across an integrated
medical and life sciences community. The Midlands
Significant strength cross-region Engine has several well-established life sciences
The region has significant strength in clinical trials in locations. These clusters offer instant networks, access
terms of both infrastructure and expertise - the to professional services, academia, industry support and
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Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM) and the funding.
Birmingham Centre for Clinical Trials, with specific
expertise in the design and running of medical device Below we highlight a few of the non-commercial
trials (D3B team) and high accrual rates. One of facilities. ngham’s Patient Reported Outcomes Centre). s s
Europe’s largest academic trials infrastructures,
together with the Leicester, Nottingham, Warwick
and Derby Clinical Trials Units, amounts to a The NCSEM-EM aims to apply world-
class expertise to policies and practice
significant proportion of the UK’s clinical trials
that will benefit the health and
capability. wellbeing of the nation from everyday
people at risk of ill health through to
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elite athletes.
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Evidence shows that sport, exercise
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s
s s
s
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and physical activity are effective in the
prevention, treatment and
management of disease and can
s s enhance mental health and wellbeing,
CHEATA was set up within the
2
Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) reducing the risk of mental illnesses
The East & West Midlands CRN’s (Clinical transcends organisational Department of Clinical such as depression, dementia and
The Birmingham Institute of s s s Research Networks) are two of the 15 boundaries to rapidly translate Engineering at NUH NHS Trust in Al heimer’s. The NCSEM-EM will build
Translational Medicine aims to s healthcare research findings into response to the challenge laid out on this evidence in four key research
regional networks within England which
promote specific interactions new diagnostics, drugs and devices in Innovation Health and Wealth areas which will be translated into
across disciplines and with industry form part of the National Institute for
Two key organisations working for patients. It is a strategic alliance - Accelerating Adoption and teaching and training through our
to accelerate development of Health Research (NIHR). The CRNs are
across all areas of the Midlands between the University of Diffusion in the NHS to help the educational programmes and the
innovations into concepts and funded by the Department of Health,
Engine that strive to bring Academia, Birmingham and two NHS NHS become the best health clinical services we offer.
assets that directly benefit Business and Clinicians together are and are the clinical research delivery arm The NCSEM-EM is one of three hubs
Foundation Trusts Birmingham system in the world by rapidly
healthcare. It brings together the East & West Midlands AHSNs, of the NHS. As part of the wider NIHR, Women’s & Children’s, and forming the National Centre for Sport
people with relevant skills from who are there to generate, interface the Network provides infrastructure to adopting new devices and and Exercise Medicine, along with
University Hospitals Birmingham
different disciplines, such as and support interactions for Clinical support clinical research in the NHS, technologies into practice. London and Sheffield. The East
where members collaborate to
cancer, inflammation, rare diseases excellence and economic growth giving patients access to new treatments. bring healthcare innovations CHEATA is hosted by Clinical Midlands hub is a partnership between
and bioengineering, and provides through their research support, Their priority is to proactively support through to clinical application. Its Engineering service at the University of Leicester,
infrastructure, such as informatics, adoption of technology and the Life Sciences industry to deliver high unique ecosystem enables the full Nottingham University Hospitals Loughborough University, The
biorepositories and a stratified signposting services to specific spectrum of translational medicine: NHS Trust. University of Nottingham, University
quality clinical research in the NHS, and
medicine laboratory, to speed up regional clinical and business encompassing health data an Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and
the translation of new discoveries
to enable this they have developed a
expertise and assistance. range of free services and support tools. established local health system Nottingham University Hospitals NHS
into health applications. academic excellence and an Trust.
extensive clinical trials capability.
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Core Life Sciences Regional Centres of Clinical Research Excellence
Business Resources • Advanced Therapies Facility (University of Birmingham)
• Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre (Nottingham Trent
• Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF) (Nottingham
Trent University)
University) • MindTech Healthcare Technology Co-operative
• Arden Tissue Bank (University Hospital Coventry) (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
• Birmingham University Imaging Centre (University of • MindTech national centre for mental healthcare and dementia.
Birmingham) • Motion and Performance Centre (MPC) (University of
• Cancer Research UK Birmingham Centre (University Worcester)
Hospitals Birmingham) • MRC Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal
• Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (University of Ageing Research (University of Birmingham)
Birmingham) • National Pollen Research and Aerobiology Centre – Darwin
• Cancer Research UK Experimental Cancer Care Medicine Centre (University of Worcester)
• NHS Blood and Transplant Service (NHSBT) (University
Centre (University of Birmingham)
Hospitals Birmingham)
• Centre for Analytical Science (Loughborough University)
• NHS Global Digital Exemplar (University Hospitals
• Centre for Biological Engineering (Loughborough University)
Birmingham)
• Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (University of Nottingham)
• NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands
• Centre for Clinical Haematology (University Hospitals
• NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands
Birmingham) • NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Inflammation
• Centre for Computational Biology (University of Birmingham) • NIHR Birmingham Clinical Research Facility
• Centre for Healthcare Technologies (University of • NIHR Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Research Facility
Nottingham) • NIHR Global Health Research Group on Global COPD in
• Centre for Healthcare Technology Assessment (CHEATA), Primary Care (University of Birmingham)
• Centre for Patient Reported Outcome Research (CPROR) • NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
• Centre for Prognosis Research (Keele University) (University of Birmingham)
• Centre for Rare Diseases (University Hospitals Birmingham) • NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - Respiratory,
The Midlands Engine region • Centre for Translational Inflammation Research (University of Lifestyle, Precision Medicine & Cardiovascular (University
Birmingham) Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, University of Leicester and
is a distinctive UK centre for • Centre for Vision & Hearing Research (Aston University) Loughborough University)
• Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (University • NIHR Leicester Clinical Research Facility
clinical trials, and research and of Birmingham) • NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre - Respiratory,
• Clinical Immunology Service (University of Birmingham) Mental Health & Technology, Musculoskeletal, Hearing,
development, having a wealth • East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (University Hospitals Gastrointestinal & Liver and MRI Imaging (Nottingham
University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of
of experience across a wide •
of Leicester NHS Trust)
Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (The Black Country LEP, Nottingham)
• NIHR Nottingham Clinical Research Facility
range of diseases, conditions •
West Midlands)
EPRSC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative • NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research
Centre
and clinical settings, all of which Medicine (Loughborough University)
• NIHR Trauma Management MedTech Co-operative
• EPSRC and MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in
• NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (University
need specific trial designs to test Regenerative Medicine (Keele University)
Hospitals Birmingham)
• EPSRC and MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in
and evaluate them accurately Regenerative Medicine (University of Nottingham)
• Phenome Centre Birmingham (University of Birmingham)
• Precision Medicine Institute (University of Leicester)
• European Association for Cancer Research (University of
and sufficiently. To facilitate the Nottingham)
• Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (University Hospitals
Birmingham)
• European Centre of Excellence in Tissue Engineering (Keele
needs of Industry and to satisfy University)
• Science, Technology and Prototyping Centre (Black Country
LEP)
• Health Services Management Centre (University of
their regulatory requirements Birmingham)
• Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research
(University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women &
•
in order to bring ideas and •
Henry Wellcome Building for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Human Biomaterials Resource Centre (University of
Children’s Hospital)
• Transplant Unit Cardio-Thoratic, Liver, Kidney (renal), and
concepts to market, the region •
Birmingham)
Insitute for Mental Health (University of Birmingham)
Intestinal (University Hospitals Birmingham)
• Transplant Unit Kidney (renal) (City Hospital, Nottingham)
has evolved a wide range of • Insitute for Mental Health (University of Nottingham) • Transplant Unit Liver (Birmingham Children’s Hospital)
• Institute of Digital Healthcare (University of Warwick) • UK’s National Sperm Bank (Birmingham Women’s Hospital)
industry medical support • John Van Geest Cancer Research Centre (Nottingham Trent • West Midlands Genomics Medicine Centre (University
University) Hospitals Birmingham)
organisations, both public sector • Keele Anatomy and Surgical Training Centre (Keele • West Midlands Regional Genetics Laboratory (Birmingham
University) Women and Children’s Hospital)
NHS and Academic as well as • Leicester Bone Bank (University Hospitals of Leicester)
• Leicester Precision Medicine Institute (University of
commercial. Leicester)
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Trauma & Defence Medicine Major Trauma - Civilian
East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (EMMTC) – University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) -
s s s Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Major Trauma & Critical Care
Since the East Midlands Major Trauma
Centre (MTC) opened in April 2012, The Queen Eli abeth Hospital
645 lives have been saved that
Birmingham (QEHB) has the largest single Critical Care Unit in
without the advanced skills and interventions received would Europe, with 100 bed spaces. To date 75 of these are open.
otherwise not be expected to survive their injuries. The East Critical Care provides 24/7 treatment to adults, in a separate
Midlands MTC is the busiest in the country and has the and self-contained area of the hospital. It is dedicated to the
strongest clinical outcomes nationally. management and monitoring of patients with life threatening
conditions. It provides specialist skills which include medical,
nursing and other personnel experienced in the management of
these patients. UHB are specialist providers of a wide range of
disciplines which include neurosurgery, burns, liver surgery,
oncology, cardiac surgery, transplants and organ donation,
plastic surgery, dermatology, maxillofacial, renal surgery,
stroke, vascular surgery and urology.
The Robert ones and Agnes Hunt
Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
(R AH)
The Robert ones and
University Hospitals Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic
Coventry & Warwickshire – MTC Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust (R AH) is a leading orthopaedic centre of excellence. A
UHCW is proud to have been specialist hospital with a reputation for innovation, the Trust
successfully re-certified as a provides a comprehensive range of musculoskeletal (bone,
Centre of Excellence (CoE) for joint and tissue) surgical, medical and rehabilitation services
Gastro-entero-pancreatic (GEP) locally, regionally and nationally. R AH is a founder member
Neuroendocrine Services by the European of the Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance (SOA)
Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS). The Trust is
also delighted to have been newly certified as a CoE for The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS
Lung Neuroendocrine Tumours. Both of these Foundation Trust
accreditations highlight prestigious services and
Picture courtesy of the © West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
establish UHCW as a leading Trust in treatment for The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in
patients in these areas. Birmingham is one of the largest orthopaedic
University Hospitals of North Midlands – centres in Europe. The Trust offers planned
specialist care for all of the orthopaedic
MTC
UHNM was the first acute NHS subspecialties, from elective arthroplasty for local patients,
Trust to provide job planned pre- through to regional and supra-regional services (for example
hospital time for trauma in spinal surgery and oncology).
anaesthetists and enter into a
formalised partnership
with pre-hospital providers to supply pre-hospital
emergency medicine consultants on a regular The Midlands Engine is the UK’s centre for
basis.UHNM receives patients from all across the North Trauma & Defence Medicine, with the tri-
Midlands Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire as well service Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
as further afield from North Wales (RCDM) located at University Hospitals
Birmingham Children’s Hospital - Paediatric Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in
Birmingham, and the Headquarters of the
MTC Surgeon General together with the oint
Birmingham Children’s Hospital is
the UK’s leading specialist
Medical Command at Lichfield. Completing
paediatric centre, caring for sick the region’s unparalleled expertise, The
children and young people up to new Defence Medical Rehabilitation
the age of 16. Centre known as ‘DMRC Stanford Hall’
Rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC in February 2017, it is
near Loughborough, started treating
a world leader in some of the most advanced treatments, patients in October 2018.
complex surgical procedures and cutting-edge research
and development.
17 Driving Life Sciences Business Driving Life Sciences Business 18
Trauma & Defence Medicine
Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Defence College of Healthcare Education
(RCDM) and Training (DCHET)
Established in 2001, the RCDM’s primary role is The Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training is
the focal point for the reception of military based at the Defence Medical Services (DMS) Whittington near
casualties from overseas, providing a ‘front Lichfield. It delivers individual medical training and education
door’ from the battlefield into the NHS. to agreed standards and in accordance with current Defence
(including Reserves & Civil Service Clinical staff) policies, on
Nested within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham behalf of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force.
(QEHB) , the RCDM supports the QEHB in its role as the
principal acute receiving hospital in the UK. It does this It facilitates, through extensive relationships with Midlands-
The Midlands – through the provision of military manpower and specialist based and other academic institutions, all external DMS Medical
The Home of Military Medicine military expertise in order to facilitate the military patient care Officer, General Practitioner, undergraduate Nurse and Allied
pathway. Healthcare Professionals specific training and education. In
addition, DCHET’s courses are distributed under licence and
The centre of gravity of Defence Medicine is now firmly This means that while the NHS leads in the delivery of the franchise on a global scale. This is achieved while maintaining a
established in the Midlands, with the Royal Centre for clinical capability, it benefits from the co-location of the RCDM strong military ethos, alongside military and physical
Defence Medicine located at University Hospitals and its ability to enhance NHS services with, for example, development, to deliver appropriately trained and prepared
Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and the Defence military focused rehabilitation and occupational health for military healthcare professionals.
Rehabilitation Centre, based at Stanford Hall Estate military patients. In addition, the RCDM is able to reassign
military clinical staff to assist the NHS in the treatment of The education delivered by DCHET supports military operations
near Loughborough since 2018. The Headquarters of
military patients when required. worldwide, and the effects of its training have seen a positive
the Surgeon General and the Defence College for
impact on operational effectiveness.
Healthcare Education and Training are located at Ideally, care should extend beyond the patient’s immediate
Defence Medical Services (Whittington), the site of the clinical needs. As such, the RCDM is uniquely enhanced to Providing 127 different courses to 8,600 students each year,
former Staffordshire Regiment Headquarters south of provide medical administration and welfare support to military DCHET is as unique is it is diverse. DCHET delivers over 40,000
Lichfield. Although the Defence Medical Services, patients (and their families) admitted to the QEHB. This high quality training days annually, facilitating training in a
comprising personnel from the Royal Navy, Army, ‘military bubble’ concept is necessary for the well-being of the professional, safe and compliant environment, which instils in its
Royal Air Force, and Civil Service, are spread widely military casualty and forms a key component of our duty of students a confidence in both their training and themselves and,
throughout the UK and overseas, the geographical care to our wounded, ill and sick. It is also something that the most importantly, an ability to deliver high levels of care
RCDM can provide to other NHS specialist hospitals if wherever and whenever they are required to do so.
focus of the components above consolidates the
required.
region’s position as an international centre of
excellence for Defence Medicine. Finally, the RCDM also functions as a conventional Defence Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre
Medical Group regional hub: military clinical staff maintain
their skill-sets in NHS Trusts across the UK including
Medical Directorate Birmingham, Oxford, Stoke, Nottingham, Peterborough,
The DNRC programme is the late Duke of Westminster’s
vehicle to deliver his vision of a pan-Government
Cardiff and East Grinstead.
The Medical Directorate is located within the University rehabilitation capability for Defence and the Nation, through
of Birmingham Research Park and is the home for the Black Stork Charity, on the Stanford Hall Estate near
military medicine Academic Departments and clinical Loughborough. The establishment of the Defence component
of the DNRC provides a state-of the-art facility that will
expertise for UK Defence. The Directorate’s mission is
ensure the continued provision of world-leading rehabilitation
to improve patient care within Defence through for our sick and injured Service personnel. The Defence
Innovation, Research & Development, and Healthcare facility opened in 2018 and replaced the former Defence
Engagement, regionally, nationally and internationally. Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, Surrey.
The nine academic departments are Mental Health;
Nursing; General Practice and Primary Care;
Anaesthesia and Critical Care; Surgery; Medicine;
Trauma & Orthopaedics; Emergency Medicine; and
Military Rehabilitation. The Directorate has built a world
renowned reputation for trauma innovation following
recent campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Current
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health and health science research is focused on
rehabilitation of musculo-skeletal injury, prolonged care
(both pre-hospital and deployed hospital care) and
military mental health.19 Driving Life Sciences Business Driving Life Sciences Business 20
Clinical Trials, Testing
Clinical Trials
The Midlands Engine is driving up business innovation and improving productivity and competitiveness. Our Universities
and businesses work together to bring forward innovations that support our key sectors and their supply chains.
and Research Regional NHS Trusts are conducting research for Blue Chip Multi-nationals together with leading national and
international companies, such as:
• AB Sciences • Bayer • Hoffman-La Roche • Parexel
• Abbott • Boehringer Ingelheim • INC Research • Pfizer
• Abbvie • Boston Scientific • Intel • PRA Health Sciences
Clinical Services, Activity and Midlands Engine NHS Centres • Alexion • Bristol Myers Squibb • Janssen-Cilag • Roche Products
Facilities The 80+ Midlands Engine NHS centres that provide
Pharmaceuticals • Celgene Corporation • Medimmune • Sandoz
commercial research services also have a plethora • Allergan • Diiachi Sankyo • Medtronic • Sanofi-Aventis
Midlands Engine NHS Trusts conduct a wide range of
of facilities in which to support and facilitate their • Amgen • Eli Lilly • MSD • Servier
research work on behalf of and in association with investigations and trials from; Imaging (MRI Scanning • Arthrysys • Genentech • Novartis • Shire
industry. to Dexa Scanning), Laboratory Work (Histology,
• Astellas Pharma • Gilead • Novo Nordisk • Sorin
Pathology etc.) to Data Analysis and Health
Last year regional health organisations conducted over • AstraZeneca UK • GSK • Onyx Therapeutics
Economics. There are also 42 regional CCG (Clinical
4,100 portfolio studies with over 136,000 patients and this Commissioning Groups) that are conducting • Baxter Healthcare
does not include the direct commercial work that was community and delivery based studies - the majority
performed for companies. of which are portfolio work but some of these are
engaged in commercial studies.
Research undertaken for industry takes various forms
related to patient care, outcomes and service delivery.
These studies and trials can be: Clinical Trials of an
Leicester Bone Bank CRO’s & Product Testing Facilities
Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMPs) from phase I to
IV, Human Factors Studies, Human Tissue Studies: tissue Leicester Bone Bank is a bone and tissue bank which There is a significant array of Clinical Research Organisations (CRO’s), product testing facilities and regulatory affairs organisations
sample studies including the 100K Genome Project, stores and supplies bones and other tissues to transplant
within the Midlands Engine region to meet any life sciences organisations’ manufacturing or regulatory requirements; from
Questionnaires and other Qualitative Studies, through to surgeons all over the United Kingdom as well as for
research. It is now the largest NHS hospital based tissue materials and product testing to drug discovery and testing; and from laboratory to 1st in man clinical trials to provision of
Research Database Studies such as de-nominalised NHS completed regulatory certification.
bank in the country. They collect bones from many
patient data via specialist NHS centres such as the Clinical hospitals across the country and supply surgeons
Research Informatics Unit; Data to Knowledge Unit throughout the UK and are regulated by the Department Many of the Midlands Engine companies that support, facilitate and service the Life Sciences sector with testing and clinical trials
(including the advanced IT link between the University of of Health’s Human Tissue Authority. for validation and certification are listed below. These services can work with local regulatory experts and notifiable bodies to
Leicester and UHL facilitating the utilisation of patient provide the legal requirements to market products within the UK, Europe, USA and elsewhere within the world. These complement
information for research). 100K Genome Project the equally large number of University, NHS and hospital based trials and testing facilities, with additional healthcare and clinical
industry related services.
Midlands Engine Trusts have intensely embraced this UK
Whilst the majority of the trials conducted within Midlands project which has successfully sequenced 100,000 • Adkins Medical Market • Crown Bioscience UK • Paracelsis • Wolfson Labs
Engine Trusts are for Pharmaceutical Studies there is a genomes from around 70,000 people. To date, actionable Research • Drugs with a Difference • Parexel Informatics • Worldwide Clinical Trials
growing activity in Clinical Evaluation and Human Factors findings have been found for 1 in 4/1 in 5 rare disease • Alta Bioscience • WRK Design Services
patients, and around 50% of cancer cases contain the • Eady Project Services • Peakdale Molecular Ltd
work for medical devices, technology and systems by the • Archimedes Development Ltd
potential for a therapy or a clinical trial. • Fleming Polymer • Pepceuticals Ltd • XenoGesis Ltd
Centre for Healthcare Technology Assessment (CHEATA), Ltd Testing & Consultancy • PharMomentum Ltd
Nottingham and the recent Medical Device Technology • Astrimmune • Food & Drug Analytical • Pure Drug Safety Ltd Regulatory Organisations
Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC), Birmingham who lead much Transplant Units • Aurelia Bioscience Services Ltd
of this work and activity together with many of the larger • Pyrus Pharma Ltd • Advena Ltd
There are 5 specialist Transplant Units within the region - • BCM Specials (a member of • Gammadot Rheology
regional NHS Trusts. • Quotient Sciences Ltd
these are: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham - • Haemostatix Ltd • Birmingham Quality UK
Alliance Boots) NEQAS
Cardiothoracic, Liver, Kidney (renal) and Intestinal; • RAPRA
The region houses four Tissue Bank centres; Arden Tissue • Histologix Ltd
Coventry University Hospital – Kidney (Renal); Leicester • Biopharma Stability • Reach Separations Ltd • Formpipe Life Science
Bank, based at University Hospitals Coventry & Testing Laboratory • Ian Wilding Associates
General Hospital – Kidney (Renal); Birmingham Children’s • Lloyds Register Quality
Warwickshire, which provides researchers with access to a • Renasci Consultancy Ltd
Hospital - Liver and City Hospital,Nottingham - Kidney • Birmingham Health • Inocardia Ltd Assurance Ltd
diverse range of high quality human tissue; the Human (renal). These centres engage in various aspects of Partners (BHP) • Retrogenix
• Intelligent OMICS Ltd • Medical Device
Biomaterials Resource Centre (HBRC) Birmingham is a research in relation to the safe removal (harvesting), • Catalent Pharma Solutions • Sequani Ltd
transportation and transplantation of these organs and • Lucideon Consultancy
(HTA) licensed human sample biorepository with facilities Ltd • Source Bioscience
for: bespoke tissue collection, high quality storage space tissue. • MD-TEC • Maetrics
• CellAura Technologies Ltd • Sygnature Discovery
for large collections and access to archived diagnostic • Medsyndesign Ltd
• Cellomatics Biosciences • TumorTrace
fixed tissue blocks and associated data; Nottingham The Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre Ltd • Mercian Science Ltd
Health Science Biobank (NHSB) provides a centralised, • Synexus Ltd
• Charnwood Molecular Ltd • Morningside
quality assured, biofluid and tissue resource to underpin Pharmaceuticals • TRW Conekt
The Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre is based at the • CHEATA
translational studies and adding value to clinical trials with Clifton Campus of Nottingham Trent University. The • National Pollen and • TUV SUD Product
a specialist area concerning Breast Cancer samples; Centre processes and stores cord blood for national and • Chembiotech Laboratories Service
Aerobiology Research
Leicester Biobank is equipped with robotic equipment international clinical transplantation centres. • Clinigen Unit (NPARU) • Tyg Oncology
capable of processing and storing biological samples from • Co-Formulate Ltd • Neurosolutions Ltd • Upperton Ltd
The centre also carries out world-class research using
up to 100,000 individuals. blood of non-clinical standard, and supplies cord blood to • Critical Pharmaceuticals Ltd • Winnats Scientific
other approved research programmes throughout Services
Europe.2 Driving Life Sciences usiness Driving Life Sciences usiness 22
22 & Growing
Clinical Trials, Testing and Research Medical Supply Chain With changes to the Medical Devices
Regulation and CE Marking there is growing
demand and requirement for Regulatory
matters and approvals. All the professions
100 & Rising Leeds Leeds that assist companies to bring their products
to market and maintain market share are
There are over 100 NHS based
NHS - Trials, Testing & Research Grimsby Grimsby
Professional Services here from Reg Affairs, IP Lawyers &
organisations engaged in clinical research, Manchester Manchester
Liverpool Liverpool Accountants & Tax Advisors Insurance Firms to Translation, Market
with at least 1 commercial trial or Acute Health Hospital Sheffield Sheffield
Advertising & Marketing Analysis, PR and Sales, everything needed
Ambulance Service
evaluation being conducted by each Children’s Health Hospital Lincoln Lincoln Consultancies to ensure success.
establishment. These organisations range Community Health Hospital Business Development / Support
Community Health Specialist Centre Consultancies
from Acute to Community Care through to
20,000 Staff
Stoke on Trent Boston Stoke on Trent Boston
/ Clinic Nottingham Nottingham Funding - VC’s, Angel, Finance
Derby Derby
the specialist Hospitals such as Children’s, Dental Hospital Oswestry Oswestry & Investment Companies
Loughborough Loughborough
Women’s, Dental, Orthopaedics and Mental Health Hospital Insurance Brokers - Medical 12,000 people employed in the Midlands
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury
Mental Health Specialist Centre/Clinic
Trauma. Ophthalmic Hospital Wolverhampton
Leicester
Peterborough Wolverhampton
Leicester
Peterborough
Technology/ Life Sciences are engaged in Life Sciences, ust over
IP & Legal Services 10 making us the 2nd largest employer
Orthopaedic Specialist Hospital Birmingham Birmingham
Market & Data Analysis Service /
Other Specialist Treatment - Coventry Kettering Coventry Kettering of MedTech staff in the UK. The breadth
0.25m Students
Specialist Centre/Hospital
Trust Research Centre - Other Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon
Northampton
Cambridge Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon
Northampton
Cambridge
Consultancies
Marketing & Sales Consultancy
of employment and range and number
Women’s Health Hospital Public Relations and Communication of regional University graduates indicates
Over 0.25 million students are taught by the Hereford Hereford
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes
Consultants the exceptional opportunities available to
20 Universities within the Midlands Engine. Regulatory Affairs Consultancies, support the entire supply chain. For R&D
Luton Luton
18 Universities provide Medical and Life Notifiable Bodies & Quality Assurance 24 and manufacturing as well as businesses
Sciences Courses, with 15 courses training Commercial - NHS - Trials, Testing & Research Oxford
Professional Services Oxford
Translation & Interpretation requiring professional consultancy
Trials, Testing & Research Writer - Technical / Regulatory Info /
health professionals (Doctors, Nurses, London London
support.
Clinical Test/Diagnostic Laboratory Communication
Midwives, Professions Allied to Health). 6
Services
Schools of Medicine possibly the greatest
density of Medical Schools in the UK. A Rich
CRO Consultancy / Service
Industrial Test & Evaluation 6m sq ft
distribution
Industrial Test & Evaluation -
source of talent. Quality Standards
Leeds Leeds
Laboratory Services
Laboratory Technology Logistics and shipping into and across the
159 / 52 R&D - Drugs / Vaccines / Diagnostics
/ Biomarkers Manchester
Grimsby
Manchester
Grimsby Manufacturing Services UK is being super enhanced. East Midlands
Gateway provides a Strategic Rail Freight
R&D - Other Liverpool Liverpool Contract Manufacturer /
There are 159 NHS Hospitals and 52 NHS Research Engineering Design
Sheffield Sheffield
Sub Assembly Interchange which accommodates up to 6
Trusts within the Midlands Engine region. Consultancies Lincoln Lincoln End Product Distributor / million sq ft of distribution and storage
With a number of Specialist Trusts such as Supplier buildings. uilt next to the UK’s only
Environmental Consultants /
the Women’s (1 of only 4 in England) who Stoke on Trent
Nottingham Boston Stoke on Trent
Nottingham Boston 24 hour Air Freight Terminal Airport with
Derby Derby Contractors
also host the UK’s National Sperm ank, a Oswestry Oswestry links to the motorway network with the
Loughborough Loughborough Industrial Design Consultancies
modern, NHS based, fully-integrated donor Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Lean Management /
ability to ship goods anywhere in the UK.
Leicester Leicester
recruitment, screening and banking centre Wolverhampton Peterborough Wolverhampton Peterborough
Six Sigma Consultancies
to meet all donor sperm requirements. Birmingham
Coventry Kettering
Birmingham
Coventry Kettering
Manufacturers - Drugs / Vaccines /
Cements / Contrast Agents – Supply Chain Strength
Pharma - Biotech Through the diversity of Life Sciences
Academic Centres Northampton Northampton
Clinical Trials Strength Medical Schools Hereford
Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon
Milton Keynes
Cambridge
Hereford
Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon
Milton Keynes
Cambridge Material & Component Distributors businesses from MedTech, Diagnostics,
iotech and Pharmaceutical there has
University
The Midlands strength lies in the spectrum University Clinical Trials Centre Luton Luton
developed an equally diverse and
of research undertaken in the region and University Life Sciences adaptable supply chain, this is further
the opportunities that exist for
Research Centre Academic Centres Oxford
Manufacturing Services Oxford
enhanced by the academic research bases
not only within the Life Sciences sector
collaborations. The region’s unique London London
per se but within the Engineering,
infrastructure offers an integrated Sciences, Computing and usiness
research and innovation platform that Schools. The broad diversity of companies
spans discovery, development, validation, Leeds Leeds
in the region are also a magnet to attract
clinical implementation and ultimately and retain high paid, qualified staff
NHS Trust & Hospital Locations Transport, Packaging & Logistics through broader career opportunities with
evaluation, making the Midlands the go-to Grimsby Grimsby
Acute Hospital
Manchester Manchester Automation Packaging / concomitant benefit to the regional
location for accelerated execution and Liverpool Liverpool
economy. This diversity of companies also
Acute Hospital & Trust Main HQ Sheffield Sheffield Dispensing and Assembly Equipment -
adoption of clinical trials. The Midlands has Acute Hospital / Design & Build - Sales provides sustainability in the sector as it is
Lincoln Lincoln
Specialist Treatment Centre
one of the largest and most stable and Ambulance Service & Trust Main HQ
Logistics & Warehousing Services not dependent on one principal company
diverse populations in the UK with a Children’s Hospital
Medical / Clinical Packaging Services and prevents susceptibility to any impacts
Stoke on Trent Boston Stoke on Trent Boston
Children’s Hospital & Trust Main HQ Nottingham Nottingham & Supplies on the regional economy by a loss of any
demographic mix that gives the region an Oswestry
Derby Derby
Rail Freight
Community Health Trust Main HQ
Loughborough
Oswestry
ma or player. The region is particularly
unrivalled patient catchment area making Community Hospital /
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury
Loughborough
Main Airports
well placed to take advantage of the trend
Specialist Treatment Centre Smaller Airports
it an unparalleled clinical research base for Community Hospital / Specialist Wolverhampton
Leicester
Peterborough Wolverhampton
Leicester
Peterborough towards outsourcing which is reflected in
Life Sciences businesses. Thus the large Treatment Centre & Trust Main HQ Birmingham Birmingham the Midlands Engine’s strengths in its
Dental Hospital Coventry Kettering Coventry Kettering
stable population (multiple generations Mental Health - Hospital /
service and supply chain across the
of key ethnic groups) provides an ideal Treatment Centre Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon
Northampton
Cambridge Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon
Northampton
Cambridge
pharmaceutical, biotech and medical
Mental Health & Trust HQ technology sectors. The long medical
living laboratory’ for supporting Ophthalmic Hospital Hereford Milton Keynes Hereford Milton Keynes
technology heritage of the region also
Orthopaedic Specialist Hospital
translational medicine and, more widely, Luton Luton makes us well prepared
Orthopaedic Hospital & Trust Main HQ 3
the balance of market push and pull that Trust Research Centre for the challenges of escalating regulatory
Women’s Hospital & Trust Main HQ NHS Trust & Hospital Locations Oxford
Transport, Packaging & Logistics Oxford
requirements within the medical sector.
keeps life sciences innovation relevant
London
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