
The University of Bradford is part of a new collaboration aiming to make inventions more attractive to investors.
The Grow MedTech partnership, backed by almost £10m of funding, will build on the distinctive cluster of medical technologies expertise in the Leeds and Sheffield city regions. It will address issues that can block the process of commercialising products and bringing them from conception to clinical use.
Six northern universities, including Bradford, are among more than 20 partners in the three-year project. In that time the partnership expects to bring around 20 potentially life-enhancing devices into everyday use.
Professor John Bridgeman, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Transfer) at the University of Bradford said: “We warmly welcome Research England’s support for connecting our distinctive strengths in research, development and innovation with those of our partners in Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield and York and we are greatly looking forward to participating in the Grow Med Tech consortium.
“We share common cause: to accelerate and maximise the benefits of innovation in health, care and medical technology for citizens in our region and across the world, and for companies across Yorkshire. This project is a great example of how collaboration between Yorkshire’s universities, including, for example, Bradford’s Digital Health Enterprise Zone, can offer improved health standards for everyone at the same time as boosting local jobs and economic growth.”