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DR PAUL WATT PhD
EXECUTIVE
MEDILINK NORTH WEST
Medilink now provides an exciting
dimension to its services with the
recruitment of experts in the area of
opportunity identification and product
development. My colleague Dr Patrick
Trotter and I have over 40 years of
experience of working in research and
development and business development
within the global medical device, bio device
and life sciences areas. Much of that
experience came from within Johnson &
Johnson Wound Management and Ethicon.
Although many companies are
proficient at product development,
they all too frequently launch the
wrong product.
This stems from poor innovation
processes and not doing the
correct upfront work in the
product development process.
NEW MEMBERS
Astek Innovation Ltd (Associate)
Premier producer of dental products.
www.astekinnovations.co.uk
Digital Creativity in Disability
(Corporate)
Taking advantage of the digital
space to provide solutions for
persons with disabilities.
www.digitalcredis.co.uk
Medical Engineers UK Ltd (Associate)
Face-to-face specialist
recruitment company.
www.medicalengineers.co.uk
Dr Ula El-Kafrawy (Associate)
NHS consultant
www.boltonft.nhs.uk/consultants/
dr-ula-el-kafrawy
Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd
(Corporate)
Multidisciplinary engineering company
that excels in solving some of today’s
most complex challenges.
www.fnc.co.uk
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Kershaw Technology Services
(Associate)
Specialists in development support
of medical devices.
www.kershawtechnologyservices.co.uk
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
(Associate)
Provides health and wellbeing for
a 1.5 million population including
nursing, health visiting and a range
of therapy services.
www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk
Albert Medical Devices Limited
(Corporate)
Award winning medical
technology company.
www.meliolegbag.com
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We have experience in identification and
assessment of new technologies and
product opportunities. This ranges from
wound dressings and surgical haemostats
to suturing devices, tissue adhesives,
surgical meshes and breast implants,
in addition to due diligence activities
and license and acquisition of products
and intellectual property. We have also
conducted original research into how to
optimise the innovation process to reduce
risk and optimise commercial return.
Perfectus Biomed (Corporate)
Academic based specialists
providing meaningful results in
‘real-life’ antimicrobial scenarios.
www.perfectusbiomed.com
Recruitment Management Group
(Corporate)
RMG is a values-based search and
selection firm.
www.rmg-uk.com
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This has been published in
peer reviewed international
innovation journals.
The Medilink PRoFiT™ (Products
Right First Time) Innovation and
Product Development Service
provides multiple tools and processes
for helping companies identify new
product ideas. Techniques to achieve
this include competitor landscaping,
technology mapping, identification
of customer needs and technology
strategy as well as supporting
product development activities
and market access.
Our Innovation Service also provides
training to small and large companies
on improving innovation and this
can be customised for the individual
company’s needs.
To find out more about our innovation
offering contact me at:
[email protected]
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OF MEDILINK?
Becoming a member of Medilink
North West makes you a part of the
largest Healthcare and related Life
Sciences association in the UK and
gives you access to expert support,
services and events that will assist
your organisation to grow and
develop to its full potential.
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To find out more and discuss
your requirements contact our
membership team
[email protected]
+44 (0)161 477 7785