Health Tech Integrates 2023 – Phil Carvil
A Voxpop of Phil Carvil, Head of Clusters (NW) from UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council sharing his insights at HealthTech Integrates 2023.
A Voxpop of Phil Carvil, Head of Clusters (NW) from UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council sharing his insights at HealthTech Integrates 2023.
In its 5th year running, Bio Integrates once again stood out as an event that not only showcases innovation in the biotech space, but provides the community with practical insights regarding funding, partnering, regulations and more by bringing together stakeholders from across the sector to share real life industry experience.
“This is an event for the sector to look at where we are, who we are, and how we’re going to get through the mess that the UK healthcare sector finds itself in,” began Martino. “But we’re a resilient community, and whatever gets thrown at us we tend to come back stronger.”
AI has been hyped as a revolutionary technology for life sciences and healthcare. Is it really having an impact? It is still relatively early days but we think it is …. but how can we be surefooted on next steps?
How will Brexit impact medical device regulation? Will this add barriers to approval, investment and ultimately patient access? Can new regulations create more opportunities?
This year’s conference themes were detection, reflection, and projection. Speakers focused on the sector’s response to the pandemic, lessons learned, and what this means for the future of MedTech.
For many years, medical devices played second fiddle to medicines in the pharmaceutical industry. Their role was to facilitate the use of the “star” products, the drugs.