CONTENTS

BRITISH INNOVATION

A springboard to global growth
Andrew Cahn, UK Trade & Investment

Innovation: the business of shaping our world
David Golding, Technology Strategy Board

Going global
Jonathan Kestenbaum, NESTA

Diversity is good for innovation
Annette Williams, UKRC for Women in SET

Promoting physics supporting physicists
Institute of Physics

The cost-saving CEO
Taylor Wessing

The BIC network
UK Trade & Investment

Innovation inspires R&D tax relief
PricewaterhouseCoopers

OPEN INNOVATION

KEY TECHNOLOGY

Addressing cross sectoral issues
Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN

Research Councils

Meeting the global challenge
Research Councils

The UK?s National Science and Innovation Campuses
Science & Technology Facilities Council

Aerospace & Defence

Enabling technology through innovative approaches
Aerospace & Defence KTN

Defence technologies for civilian applications
Ploughshare Innovations

Biometrics

Securing the future
Intellect Association for Biometrics

Biotechnology

Supporting life sciences in the capital
London First

Tackling the threat of electronic crime
Cyber Security KTN

Electronics

From invention to innovation
Electronics KTN

Grid Computing Now! KTN

Energy

A global fusion
UK Atomic Energy Authority

Design for a one planet economy
Giraffe Innovation

Managing carbon in the corporate and public sectors
Greenstone Carbon Management

Towards an energy efficient future
British Electrotechnical and Allied

Manufacturers Association (BEAMA) Home help
Energy Institute

Healthcare

Connecting people and technology
Health Technologies KTN

A centre of excellence for innovative translational research
University of Birmingham

Feeling your way to design success
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

University-industry collaborations
Imperial College London

Lost in translation
Pearson Matthews Innovation Consultants

Location and Timing

Location and Timing KTN
Intelligent Transport Systems

Mapping the route to intelligent transport systems deployment
Innovits KTN

Drive down fleet costs and reduce carbon emissions?
Energy Saving Trust

DRIVENet and sustainable vehicle engineering
Oxford Brookes University

Manufacturing

Breaking the mould
Manufacturing Technologies Association

University of Nottingham

An innovative history
Scott Bader

Innovation for tomorrow?s built environment
Modern Built Environment KTN

MATERIALS

Innovations in materials deliver value for money
Materials KTN

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology in the UK
Nano KTN

Linking technology push with market pull
NanoCentral

Running the risks
European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance

Nanofabrication solutions
Kelvin Nanotechnology

Innovative science for global applications
Oxford Instruments

Leading positive change for global industry
The Centre for Process Innovation

PHOTONICS

Making light work for industry
Photonics KTN

SENSORS & INSTRUMENTS

Unlocking the potential of the UK?s sensing community
Sensors & Instruments KTN

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Investing in the future
Invest Northern Ireland

Ulster innovation delivering business success
University of Ulster

Focus: Northern Ireland

Belfast ? a city of creativity and innovation
Belfast City Council

A natural centre for innovation
London Development Agency

England?s East Midlands ? an innovative region
East Midlands Development Agency

Making it in Leeds
The City of Leeds

Collaboration in wireless technologies
Wireless Centre of Industrial Collaboration

Industrial Collaboration at the University of Leeds
Engineering Design CIC

Innovations
One North East

Focus: North West of England

Connectivity, Catchment, Cost
St. Helens

Focus: South West of England

Be part of the equation
West of England Partnership

All change for Hastings
Innovation Centre Hastings

ITI Scotland

UK SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARKS

Raising the standards
UK Science Park Association

Special focus: collaboration
Edinburgh Science Triangle

Innovation: the key to economic growth
County Durham Development Company

Solutions across boundaries
Norwich Research Park

Partnership provides innovation success
Wolverhampton Science Park

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

The outsourcing advantage
Business Services Association

Fast start UK
Tenon Outsourcing

Inward investment trends
HSBC

Divine intervention
British Business Angels Association

Know your rights
Intellectual Property Office

A perfect patent
Beresford & Co

Putting IP at the centre of business strategy
Cambridge Intellectual Property

USEFUL INFORMATION

Science lessons
GovNet Communications

Useful addresses

KEY TECHNOLOGY

MANUFACTURING: University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

Nemaura Pharma, a company specialising in the development of advanced drug delivery systems, has been utilising manufacturing expertise at the University of Nottingham to develop the design of sub-systems for their innovative drug delivery patch

The company in Loughborough specialises in novel drug formulations and devices for controlled drug delivery and diagnostics, and innovative methods for improving drug absorption rates. They were looking for a fast turnaround and a commercial approach to the development of their latest drug delivery device and heard about the unique technology transfer and demonstration facilities based at the University at a local networking event.

The Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (NIMRC) delivers an exciting, world-leading mix of both applied and blue-sky research, working extensively with industry to create high-value products and technologies that give UK and international manufacturing businesses competitive advantage in the everchanging global marketplace. It also offers access to extensive technical facilities.

Part of NIMRC, The Precision Manufacturing Centre, offers commercial facilities to focus on the transfer of new research and innovation to industry. It provides access to leading-edge expertise, supported by a core team of engineers, and technology transfer specialists who facilitate business engagement and knowledge transfer in precision manufacturing to the aerospace, automotive and healthcare sectors. Professor Svetan Ratchev and his team had the skills and facilities to respond to Nemaura Pharma?s requirements.

Nemaura Pharma produced a first prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of its innovative drug delivery (patch) design and how this could be optimised for cost-effective manufacture and full-scale production. A further application of the patch was intended for non-invasive diagnostics and integrated responsive drug delivery. To exploit this new application, Nemaura formed a consortium with the University and commercial partners Datalink Electronics, and developed a strategy for undertaking basic research together with technology development that would lead to a clinical prototype of the patch for diagnostics applications.

The consortium then successfully secured a £1.3m Technology Strategy Board grant to develop core enabling technologies for Nemaura?s new transdermal patch system capable of non-invasive patient diagnosis and responsive drug delivery. The TSB-funded project, due to start in September 2008, will deliver new innovative solutions for design, process integration and testing and validation of the transdermal non-invasive diagnostics device which will allow future volume manufacture in a high-labour cost area such as the UK. The activities will be supported by the establishment of a steering group, consisting of physicians, pharmacists, nurses and members of staff from healthcare centres, as well as representatives from other companies involved in diagnostics and other medical devices. The steering group will be engaged at key stages to provide input and feedback to ensure that the project reacts to the needs and drivers of the potential beneficiaries.

The research and development activities planned for the next two years will create significant new business opportunities for a new product based on an innovative knowledge-intensive technology ? in particular, small, robust, portable, lowcost systems for point of care use. These will significantly enhance the position of the UK in this field and create critical competitive advantage for UK manufacturers to exploit the results of the project.


For further information contact:
Kevin Phuah
Technology Transfer Specialist
Tel: 0115 8468839
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