Last night saw the winners announced at the Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards Ceremony.
Anna Lythgoe
Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards, National PICTURED; All of the winners on stage. Conference Centre, Birmingham, Wednesday 7 June, 2023. in association with Med-Teck Innovation. Host for the evening JJ Chalmers.
Over 200 industry professionals gathered to celebrate the winners of these prestigious awards. The sold-out, three-course dinner was held at the National Conference Centre Birmingham, complete with celebrity host JJ Chalmers.
This year’s awards recognised a multitude of achievements and outstanding contributions to life sciences. The night saw 12 winners in total, alongside 12 projects and organisations recognised who were highly commended.
The seven Medilink UK winners were chosen from an exclusive shortlist comprised entirely of winners from each of the regional Medilink awards.
The Med-Tech Innovation award winners were chosen by an independent judging panel, who represent key stakeholders from across the supply chain. The panel was tasked with assessing each entry in each of the five categories on the merit of their contribution to the medical device engineering supply chain.
After a busy first day at Med-Tech Innovation Expo (the UK and Ireland’s leading showcase for medical device design and manufacturing technology), guests enjoyed a three-course, black-tie dinner, drinks, and entertainment.
Bill Cruise, chairman, Medilink UK said: “The Medilink UK Awards have once again been a tremendous success, and I offer my congratulations to all of the award winners, highly commended and finalists. There has been a wonderful energy in the room, and it’s been great to see so many people from across the country coming together again to celebrate the exceptional achievements and contributions to the life sciences sector. Our host, JJ Chalmers, speaking on his personal connection to the life-changing work of our finalists, really brought home the importance of innovation within our sector.
“As a national industry support organisation, Medilink UK is pleased to work with our companies, adding value by helping them, and the life science sector as a whole, to grow, both nationally and internationally. We are proud to be contributing to their success, and I am confident that each of the companies who are here tonight will go on to do amazing things.”
Duncan Wood, CEO of Rapid News Group, added: "What a fantastic night of celebration, we couldn't have asked for a better host than JJ Chalmers, whose inspirational speech and charisma helped to make the night such a success! We are proud to have partnered with Medilink UK once again to help celebrate these incredible achievements made in the life sciences and medical technology industries, a huge congratulations to all of tonight's winners, runners up and finalists!"