AINOSTICS

Support received:
– Health Economics
– Public and Patient Involvement

Hojjat Azadbakht, CEO and Founder of AINOSTICS, said: “Being able to take part in the (R&I Health Accelerator) program has been quite transformational for us because as a SME and a micro company we’re obviously lacking certain expertise […] The program has allowed us to work with experts in areas such as health economic modelling and patient and public involvement, which has allowed us to fill certain gaps in the roadmap for the translation of our solutions.

“We’re working with experts such as Dr Hamied Haroon at the University of Manchester to build additional data packs that support the efficacy of the solution and we’re also working on achieving regulatory approval in the UK, US and the EU to be able to embed our solutions in clinical settings for diagnosis of conditions, such as dementia.”

Watch the case study here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgfpyLJcj74

Balance App

Support received:
– Funding
– Research

Gaele Lalahy, Chief Operating Officer at Balance App, said: “The experience has been really collaborative and inspiring… Through the Health Accelerator grant we were able to access researchers, academics, healthcare professionals and patients, and fund research into the impact of the use of the Balance App as an enabler to deliver improved menopause care throughout the treatment pathway.”

Watch the case study here: https://youtu.be/W-fDYwIjy4A

Clinical Neuropsychology Services

Support received:
– Navigating the NHS landscape
– Clinical trials

Dr Penny Trayner, Chartered Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist and Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Director of Clinical Neuropsychology Services, said: “My overall experience of working with Health Innovation Manchester and the R&I Health Accelerator has been fantastic. It supported us to grow from a company that had a bit of an idea that we were using internally and was being really supportive for our systems, to now being in a position where we’re running trials with the NHS, so it really has taken us from zero to hero and the support has been outstanding.”

Watch the case study here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bJUe116H20

Kuppd

Support received:
– Academic Partnerships
– Navigating the NHS Landscape

Sarah Cordery, Founder and Director of Kuppd, said: “Through Health Innovation Manchester I’ve learned a great deal about the various different NHS pathways, how I need to improve my product and what is already in the market.

“Next steps for Kuppd are procuring IP (Intellectual Property) in order to push through and bring the product to market, which is what I’m most excited about, because it means we can talk about the product more and share it with the women that need it.”

Watch the case study here: https://youtu.be/F9HwmX9xQek

Viscgo

Support received:
– Real-world Validation
– Health Economics

Martyn Boaden, Director of Viscgo, said: “The R&I Health Accelerator provided funding for expertise that we don’t have in-house, for instance we received health economics advice from the insight team at Health Innovation Manchester and a real world validation of our initial product by the University of Manchester’s School of Health Sciences. With the results to be published in a peer-reviewed journal such an independent study, this is exactly what Viscgo requires to encourage the adoption of our products by the NHS. We’ve been extremely impressed by the expertise and efficiency of the teams we’ve worked with at Health Innovation Manchester and the University of Manchester and we look forward to continuing the relationship with them as we develop other innovative products to improve the management of dysphagia.”

Watch the case study here: https://youtu.be/kxoDMylE7Uw

Wilbo's Blends

Support received:
– Navigating the NHS Landscape
– Health Economics

Lisa Miles, Co-Founder and Director of Wilbo’s Blends, said: “Wilbo’s Blends joined the R&I Health Accelerator 12 months ago via the Innovation Nexus on Health Innovation Manchester’s website. We found that we needed some support really to understand the landscape around how we would look to get our product into the NHS, some of the potential cost benefits that we felt were there to be exploited and explored. The R&I Health Accelerator and Health Economics team at the University (of Manchester) really supported us to actually plan future projects, to develop our business.”

Watch the case study here: https://youtu.be/tlRFuPVYDQk