Medilink News 20th Anniversary Edition Medilink News NOE 2017f | Page 7

THE MEDILINK UK AWARDS The Medilink UK Awards took place on the 26th April 2017 at the MedTech Innovation Expo, held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. The national winners were selected by an independent panel of judges. NORTH WEST PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NHS AWARD SPONSORED BY GM AHSN Winner - Sky Medical Technology Ltd Shortlisted - Tomorrow’s Medicines Ltd, NGPOD Global Ltd, SwabTech Ltd INNOVATION AWARD SPONSORED BY INNOVATION AGENCY Winner - eLucigene Diagnostics Shortlisted - Rinicare Ltd, Premaitha Health, Vascular Perspectives EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SPONSORED BY WARD HADAWAY: Winner - Vernacare Ltd Shortlisted - eLucigene, Better2Know, Bailey Instruments Ltd START-UP AWARD SPONSORED BY HGF: Winner - Aptus Ltd Shortlisted - Tookie Ltd, Swabtech Ltd, Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SPONSORED BY HEMPSONS: Winner - Crawford Healthcare Shortlisted - Perfectus Biomed, Vernacare, Lucid Innovation SKILLS INVESTMENT AWARD SPONSORED BY REAL STAFFING: Winner - Mi3 Ltd Shortlisted - Bailey Instruments, Better2Know Sheffield Precision Medical and Tissuemed from the Yorkshire and Humber region won the Export Achievement Award and Outstanding Achievement Award respectively. Sky Medical Technology from the North West region was crowned the winner in the Collaboration with the NHS category. Among the runners-up were Vernacare and Crawford Healthcare from the North West region for the Export Achievement Award and Outstanding Achievement Award respectively. The runners up from the North East region were JimJam Healthcare for the Start-Up Award, Chemviron for the Innovation Award and QuantuMDx for the Outstanding Achievement. 7