The Institute for Life Sciences, the NIHR Surgical MedTech Co-operative and Empact Ventures hosted the 6-week Market Access for MedTech course in June - July 2021

The purpose of the course was to explain the MedTech innovation pathway, from identifying unmet needs, through proof-of-concept to adoption by the NHS and other markets, using experience and real-life case studies from the UK’s top experts in the sector. Building on the success of a 2019 pilot held in Southampton, the new course offered a more in-depth course, delivered online over six weeks.

The course was free of charge, as a service to support the MedTech sector and enhance collaboration with the NIHR MedTech Co-operatives, regional universities and stakeholders like the Academic Health Science Network and NICE.

The course will ran every Tuesday from 13:00 – 15:00 for six weeks from the 1st June to 6th July 2021.

You can now view all 6 weekly sessions below including all speaker presentations and the Q & A discussions.

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We are one of 11 MedTech and in-vitro diagnostics co-operatives (MICs) funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to act as centres of expertise that focus on clinical areas of high morbidity and unmet need for NHS patients. Working collaboratively with patients and patient groups, charities, industry, clinicians and academics.

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Topics Covered

1st June 2021 - 6th July 2021

Topics covered include;

  • Tuesday 1st June 2021: Will the NHS or other healthcare markets adopt your technology? Understanding unmet needs
  • Tuesday 8th June 2021: Identifying the right funding
  • Tuesday 15th June 2021: Development to prototype; navigating the valley of death
  • Tuesday 22nd June 2021: Generating clinical evidence: how much is enough?
  • Tuesday 29th June 2021: MedTech regulation
  • Tuesday 6th July 2021: Understanding reimbursement models for market adoption

Who attended?

  • Primarily UK-based MedTech start-ups, scale-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises; larger organisations seeking refresher training
  • Professionals wanting to understand how to support MedTech companies
  • Researchers and clinicians developing innovative medical technologies

Course Details

How to join: There was no charge to attend this course. The course was supported by a Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) award to the Institute for Life Sciences.

Dates: 1st June, 8th June, 15th June, 22nd June, 29th June, 6th July 2021

Times: 13:00 – 15:00

Each training event included:

  • Interactive Panel Discussion: Take the opportunity to ask your questions to our industry experts to help you overcome any challenges.
  • Digital Exhibition: NIHR MedTech Co-operatives showcase their support to Medtech SMEs along with external healthcare support providers and selected MedTech exhibitors
  • Four to six Industry Expertise Sessions: Specialising in the weekly theme. Speakers will share their insights and expertise in a broad range of topics each week.

Weekly Sessions & Speaker Presentations

Please select the collapse / expand options below to view the videos from each session and the separate Q & A discussion held by the speakers:

Speaker Presentations

This session covered the following topics which you can view in the video followed by the Q & A discussion

Brief overview of the landscape

Clinician’s perspective of unmet needs

Patient perspective of unmet needs

Defining the benefit to the healthcare provider

Defining the benefit to the payor

How data analytics can help define need

Knowing your market and competitors

Speaker Q & A Session

Speaker Presentations

This session covered the following topics which you can view in the video followed by the Q & A discussion:

Overview of the MedTech funding landscape

UKRI funding (Innovate UK)

NIHR (i4i, RfPB, HTA, EME)

SBRI Healthcare

Research charities

Venture capital

Crowd funding

Speaker Q & A Session

Speaker Presentations

This session covered the following topics which you can view in the video followed by the Q & A discussion:

Value of working with higher education institutions

Intellectual property

Attracting early phase investment

Ethics and responsible innovation

Value of maintaining patient and public involvement during development

Role of the NIHR MedTech Co-operatives

Speaker Q & A Session

Speaker Presentations

This session covered the following topics which you can view in the video followed by the Q & A discussion:

Introduction

Understanding the role of clinical and patient pathways

Considerations for evaluating your technology

Usability testing

Early health economics

Additional complexities of generating evidence for digital health technologies

 

Speaker Q & A Session

Speaker Presentations

This session covered the following topics which you can view in the video followed by the Q & A discussion

Pathways to approval

Regulatory requirements for MedTech

Requirements for digital health technology standards

Speaker Q & A Session

Speaker Presentations

This session covered the following topics which you can view in the video followed by the Q & A discussion:

NHS payment systems

Primary care reimbursement

NHS procurement and tendering

How to price your technology

Developing a value proposition

Technology adoption routes

Digital health technology adoption

Speaker Q & A Session

Our Exhibitors

Speakers

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Peter JS Smith 

Director

University of Southampton Institute for Life Sciences

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Dr Lesley Booth MBE

Director of Research and Public & Patient Involvement & Engagement

Bowel Research UK

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Dr Michael Kipping 

 Innovation Lead – Biomedical Catalyst

Innovate UK

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Vee Mapunde

Programme Director

NIHR Surgical MedTech Co-operative

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Dr Jeffrey Faint

Medical Devices Research Co-ordinator

Trauma Management MedTech Co-operative

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Phil Brown

Association of British HealthTech Industries

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Bill Gillespie

Chief Executive

Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN)

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Dr Jelena Polajeva 

Business Development Manager

The NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI)

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Professor Philip Nelson

Professor of Acoustics

University of Southampton

The University of Southampton Institute for Life Sciences (10)
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Philippa Bevan

Director

Accelerate Associates

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Professor Ben MacArthur

Professor of Applied Mathematics

University of Southampton

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Professor Sally Brailsford

Professor of Management Science

University of Southampton

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Dr Nicholas Fuggle

Dunhill Clinical Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute,Rheumatology registrar

University of Southampton

The University of Southampton Institute for Life Sciences (10)
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Dr Chris Buckingham

Mentor and Crowdfunding Specialist 

Future Worlds

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Mike Branagan-Harris

CEO

Device Access UK – MedTech Market Access

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Dr Peter Hotten

CEO

Pulmo BioMed

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Peter Rhodes

Senior Programme Manager Industry & Innovation

Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN)

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Professor Ian Chetter 

Chair of Surgery

Hull York Medical School

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Professor Tom Clutton-Brock

Clinical Director

NIHR Trauma Management MedTech Co-operative

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Kevin Brooks

Consulting Bids Specialist

BrooksKebbey Ltd

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Virginia Hodge

Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence

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Christopher Mckee

BD and Innovation Manager

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Kam Pooni

CEO

Glyconics Ltd

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Dr David Kryl

Director of Insight

Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN)

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Na’el Clarke

Commercial Director 

University Hospital Southampton

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James Otter

Chair of Renovos

Southampton University Science Park

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Alastair Loasby

Responsible Digital Business Lead

 Business in the Community

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David Hougton

Venture Investor

Seedrs

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Dr Harry Thirkettle

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Sandy Findlay

Partner Relationship Manager

ABGI

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Prof Issy Reading

Director of the Research Design Service South Central

University of Southampton

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Dr Anastasia Chalkidou

Associate Director

Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme and Interventional Procedures Programme

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Dr Gurdeep S Sagoo

Lecturer in Health Economics

University of Leeds

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Célia Cruz

EIT Health Alumni Network

Board Member

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Dr Caroline Barker

University Hospital Southampton

NHS FT 

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Sarah Joy Newton

Director and Commercial Consultant

Amethyst Connect Ltd

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Kimberley Carter

Health technology assessment adviser

NICE

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Daniel Revell Ward

Head of Digital Investment Strategy, NHSX

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Bruce Robinson

Device Access Ltd & Ratlake Solutions

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Nick Allen

Industry Procurement Adviser

Health Innovation Manchester

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