{"id":23983,"date":"2023-03-17T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nu-vision.co.uk\/?p=23983"},"modified":"2023-03-17T17:41:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:41:42","slug":"nuvision-medilink-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nu-vision.co.uk\/nuvision-medilink-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"NuVision Biotherapies announced as winners of the Delivery Innovation in Health and Care and Partnership between Academia and Business at the Medilink Midlands awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The Medilink Midlands Healthcare Business awards took place last night celebrating the best and brightest life sciences and MedTech companies and collaborations across the Midlands area.<\/p>
Firstly, NuVision was announced as the winner of the \u2018Delivering innovation to health and care\u2019 award, celebrating companies that offer revolutionary care options for the healthcare service. Our focus is on tissue-therapies, providing the eye care specialists with the ability to treat patients with amniotic membrane in an outpatient setting using a bespoke bandage contact lens, called OmniLenz.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tWe are delighted to be recognised for delivering innovation in health and care at the 2023 MediLink Business Awards. Our innovative technology is helping patients with injuries to their eyes heal more fully and quickly, and allows clinicians to treat patient earlier and without the need for admission for surgery in an operating theatre.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Secondly, NuVision in conjunction with the Optometry and Visual Sciences team at Aston University, were presented the award for \u2018Partnership between academia and business\u2019. Our teams have been working together sine 2019 to investigate the application of amniotic membrane in aiding the symptomatology of patients that present with dry eye disease.<\/p> \u201cAs a university spin-out ourselves, research is at the core of NuVision’s values. Our work with Aston University has allowed us to collaborate with world-leading experts to develop innovative treatments to benefit patients’ worldwide\u201d Dr. Andrew Hopkinson, Chief Scientific Officer at NuVision.<\/p> The event was sponsored by the University of Birmingham and the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator and held at the University of Birmingham\u2019s Great Hall.<\/p> We would like to thank Medilink Midlands for the kind invitation to the awards and to wish our congratulations to all the awards winners and nominees. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tCollaborative partnerships are essential for the development of ground-breaking technologies that can transform the lives of patients. We are delighted to be working with Professor Wolffsohn and S\u00f2nia Trav\u00e9 Huarte at the College of Health & Life Sciences, Optometry & Vision Science Research Group (OVSRG), Aston University and to have this partnership recognised by winning the MediLink 2023 Award for Partnership between academia and business.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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