SCIENCE Minister Lord Drayson officially opened the Medical Technology Exchange Centre (MedTEC) during a visit to the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, near Warrington
He also toured Daresbury’s key science facilities, including the HPCx supercomputer and ALICE and EMMA particle accelerators.
The theme of his visit was “taking science to the market”.
MedTEC is the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC’s) new healthcare-focussed technology exchange centre.
It will allow more rapid engagement of the NHS and other health-related organisations in the innovation process on the Daresbury campus.
And it will host an office of the North West NHS Innovation Hub (TrusTECH). TrusTECH was created to help regional NHS staff to identify and protect innovations that could be commercialised or shared to improve patient care.
Lord Drayson said: “This new centre for medical technology will complement the cutting-edge science centres and 80 high-tech start-ups already on the Daresbury Campus.
“It will encourage the use of a unique UK asset, the National Health Service, to help drive the process of innovation. It is this type of strategic investment that will give this country the edge it will need to compete in tomorrow’s global economy.”
STFC chief executive Professor Keith Mason said: “This centre provides a focus for like-minded organisations to meet, and to more rapidly identify and take forward ideas that will lead to real improvements in healthcare in the future. We hope this approach will revolutionise the way challenges are met in other areas of science and technology going forward.”
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