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UK Health Sector: Funding for Innovation MediWales Cardiff (25 June 2014) David Calder, KT Manager, KTN Ltd. Introducing the KTN. Connecting people who accelerate innovation. Who we are, what we do. UK’s Innovation Network
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UK Health Sector: Funding for Innovation MediWales Cardiff (25 June 2014) David Calder, KT Manager, KTN Ltd
Introducing the KTN Connecting people who accelerate innovation Who we are, what we do UK’s Innovation Network • Connecting businesses, researchers, policy makers and funders to create powerful new collaborations • Stimulating the conversion of innovative ideas into valuable products, processes and services • Seeking innovative connections across broad contributors to novel and impactful solutions
The Knowledge Transfer Network Renew Core thematic networks covering key application areas and underpinning technologies Interdisciplinary programmes building communities around priority challenges An engaged online community of innovators served by a single platform Hundreds of events bringing people together ‘to make magic happen’. 16 Industry Communities 17Cross-sector Groups 60,000+ Members 6,000+ Delegates per year Stimulating dialogue/accelerating innovation UK-wide
The Knowledge Transfer Network Enabling collaboration Commercial Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Strategic Connecting people who wouldn’t usually meet to solve innovation challenges Bringing together businesses and researchers from different sectors Linking people with new ideas and technologies to partners and customers Introducing innovators to public and private funders and investors
UK Company Landscape A £52bn UK Industry
UK response: Innovation Health and Wealth The UK government has identified Life Sciences and Healthcare as important sectors to generate new economic growth as well as increasing the quality of care for patients NHS England website, January 2014 We need to create a system for innovation that continually scans for new ideas, and takes them through to widespread use. In order to do this, we must work with industry, academia, staff and patients, to set an agenda for change and delivery. Innovation Health and Wealth, December 2011
Innovation Landscape BioCity(s) Scottish Enterprise
NHS Health and Wealth : England The Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs)
AHSNs / Health and Wellbeing Best Practice Board and Innovation • Adoption and Spread Of Innovation, for example adoption of 6 High Impact Innovations • Economic Growth and Wealth Creation, for example commercialisation • Inclusivity and Partnerships, for example partnership with Comprehensive Local Research Networks • Unmet Need Assessment, for example identification of unmet clinical need reflecting local priorities • Initiatives important to local NHS/Partners
Health Priorities Regenmed and Cell Therapy TSB Priority Areas from Health+Care team SMIP Assisted living Stratified medicine Biomedical Catalyst
Health activities KTN Priority Areas in Health Regenmed and Cell Therapy SMIP Digital Health Assisted living Stratified medicine Biomedical Catalyst MedTech
Emerging Medical Technologies KTN Priority Areas Health Clinical Needs High Value Manufacturing Regenerative Medicine Anti-Microbial Resistance/Infection Stratified Medicine Assisted/ Independent Living Digital Health, including Data
Medical Technologies Prevention, diagnostics and therapy: • Assisted/Independent Living • Cardiovascular • Dental • Diabetes • Diagnostics • Drug Delivery • Minimally Invasive Surgery • Musculoskeletal • Trauma • Urology • Wound Management • Etc. Technologies/Enablers: • Additive Layer Manufacture • Biochemistry • Health Economics • High Value Manufacturing • ICT (including data) • Imaging • Materials • Modelling and Simulation • Nanotechnology • Photonics and Sensors • Surface coatings/ modifications • Etc.
Changes are happening – e.g. class 3 devices Today: Acute care moving out of hospital setting Complex implants Yesterday: Largely professional use in clinical setting Simple implants Tomorrow: Focus for care outside hospital setting Widespread complex technologies Source MHRA
Changes are happening – technologies Today: Complex electro-mechanical and combination products Yesterday: Simple electro-mechanical devices Tomorrow (now): Stem cells Stratified medicine Adapted from MHRA
Links to Users and Clinicians Healthcare Technology Co-operatives (HTCs) Colorectal Therapies HTC Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust . Mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders HTC Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Institute of Mental Health Wound prevention and treatment HTC Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust . Brain Injury HTC Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Devices for Dignity HTC Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chronic gastrointestinal disease (enteric) HTC Barts Health NHS Trust Trauma Management HTC University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Cardiovascular disease HTC Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Links to Clinicians-NIHR-Diagnostic Evidence Co-operatives (DEC’s)
Innovation Voucher https://vouchers.innovateuk.org • Themes: • Agrifood, Built Env, Cyber Security, water & waste, open data, space and HVM
IC Tomorrow https://www.innovateuk.org/-/ic-tomorrow • Themes: • Processing data, commercialisation of mobile data, Geospatial data mapping, Data visualisation and analytical decision making, Value of public domain data
SMART https://www.innovateuk.org/-/smart Smart programme is very competitive and heavily oversubscribed. Around 70% of recipients are micro-companies
Knowledge Transfer Partnership https://www.innovateuk.org/-/knowledge-transfer-partnerships 700 partnerships active at any time UK wide
Collaborative Awards in Science and Engineering Industrial CASE places funds with Industry to spend with University of their choice
Launch Pad https://www.innovateuk.org/-/launchpads Healthcare Launchpad planned for Wales Potential relevance to Med-Tech Business: Manchester Creative and Digital + Severn Valley Cyber Launchpads
Feasibility Study https://www.innovateuk.org/-/feasibility-studies More technology inspired competitions later in 2014 Winners must present at ‘collaboration nation’ event Designed to help companies, either singly or in collaboration with others, to assess the potential of ideas in specific thematic areas
SBRI https://www.innovateuk.org/-/feasibility-studies Contract for R&D services NOT a grant 100% funding Company retains IP Business engaged with public sector client – direct market access
Catalysts: Bio-Medical Catalyst (BMC) https://www.innovateuk.org/-/catalysts • Joint TSB and MRC programme • Open to UK SMEs and academics individually or in collaboration • Developing novel solutions to healthcare challenges
Collaborative R&D https://www.innovateuk.org/-/collaborative-r-d • Supply chain solution working with partner organisations to deliver • Cross cutting themes eg around HVM linking to: biosciences, electronics and sensors
Useful Technology Strategy Board Links All open competitions: https://www.innovateuk.org/funding-competitions (search by competition type or priority area) Jargon Buster: https://www.innovateuk.org/innovation-directory (A to Z of funding organisations, support networks etc) https://www.innovateuk.org/-/collaborative-r-d
Horizon 2020 open Calls PHC-15-2014: Clinical research on regenerative medicine PHC-19-2014: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: service robotics within assisted living environments PHC-26-2014: Self-management of health and disease: citizen engagement and Health PHC-31-2014: Foresight for health policy development and regulation PHC-31-2014: Foresight for health policy development and regulation PHC-05-2014: Health promotion and disease prevention: translating 'omics' into stratified approaches PHC-06-2014: Evaluating existing screening and prevention programmes PHC-17-2014: Comparing the effectiveness of existing healthcare interventions in the elderly PHC-15-2015: Clinical research on regenerative medicine PHC-11-2015: Development of new diagnostic tools and technologies: in vivo medical imaging technologies
_connect portal www.innovateuk.org David Calder david.calder@ktn-uk.org 07972 350 205