Services for Industry
Medipex aims to help you grow your business by breaking down the barriers to accessing the right people in the NHS and ensuring you meet the right people for your business first time.
Concept evaluation by clinicians (1:1)
Do you have a concept for a device, but want an opinion prior to carrying out any development work as to whether there is a clinical need for such a device? This service aims to link you with clinical staff who can give you an informed perspective / opinion on whether they think your concept is likely to have benefits in the clinic.
Prototype and pre-market product evaluation by clinicians (1:1)
Do you have a prototype device or a pre-market product, but want an opinion prior to carrying out any further development work as to whether the device would be acceptable to clinicians? This service aims to link you with clinicians who can give you their opinion on your device and what may need to be done to it to make it acceptable to clinicians.
Identifying clinical partners for clinical trials
Have you developed a product and need to carry out a clinical trial but don’t know where to go? Thanks to our links with the NHS research community (including the NIHR Comprehensive Local Research Networks) we can help you to find the right site for your clinical trial, be it in primary or secondary care. By accessing the right people in both the front line and the support staff, we can help you smoothly through the set-up process for a clinical trial.
Health Economic Analysis
Health Economic evidence can be a powerful tool in helping decision-makers decide whether or not to purchase your product. If you have a product which you think requires a health economic analysis then Medipex can help you find the right people to carry out this work.
Identifying clinical partners for collaborative R&D
Are you developing a device but need to do so in collaboration with a clinical partner? Medipex can help you to identify clinical partners and, in some cases, may also be able to help you find funding sources suitable for your project and an experienced project manager to ensure compliance with the funding requirements.
Arranging and facilitating focus groups with groups of clinicians
You may feel that rather than 1:1 meetings with clinicians, your need for a concept, prototype or pre-market product evaluation is better served by a meeting with a focus group of clinicians.
Arranging and facilitating Clinical Advisory Panels
You may feel that your product development is at a stage where input from a Clinical Advisory Panel made up of a group of clinical key opinion leaders would be of real benefit to your product development process. Through this service, Medipex will identify and set up a clinical advisory panel for you and facilitate the meetings you have with them.
Advice on the NHS Procurement Landscape
The NHS procurement landscape can appear complex with entry points for products difficult to identify and the factors that potential purchasers are looking for poorly understood. Medipex has significant expertise in this area and can help you to understand this landscape and how decisions about what products to purchase are made.
Other consultancy services
Medipex have significant experience in Intellectual Property strategy and management and these services are available to you on a consultancy basis. There may also be other ways in which you want to interact with the NHS to help grow your business and we may be able to help you with this. If you let us know your requirements, we will be happy to assist you. We also work with trusted partner organisations such as the Medilink network who may also be able to help you.