Grow your business on the edge of innovation
Introducing PHTA
The Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA) is the University of Birmingham’s flagship life sciences innovation facility, based at No.1 Birmingham Health Innovation Campus. Home to the Clinical Immunology Service and Industry Trials Hub, PHTA provides state-of-the-art incubation and collaboration space to ambitious SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups.
PHTA offers 70,000 sq ft of bespoke Category 2 wet and dry labs and office space, the Makerspace – a prototyping and small-batch manufacturing facility – and an extensive training suite.
We bring entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale-ups together with the next generation of academic and clinical leaders, creating unique opportunities to commercialise ideas and accelerate the rapid development of cutting-edge therapies and technologies.
PHTA provides innovators and small enterprises with access to the expertise, resources and infrastructure to enable translation of healthcare innovations – including phase I to III clinical trials and real-world evaluation.
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Explore our premium Category 2 lab space, office and business innovation facilities, and training and meeting spaces.
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Space to collaborate
Innovation never happens in a silo. At PHTA you’ll be part of a like-minded community of complementary businesses in close proximity to our key opinion leaders across the University and Hospitals.
PHTA is designed to accommodate researchers at proof-of-concept stage through to spin-out companies and beyond – providing small health innovation businesses with much needed grow-on space in the form of Category 2 wet- and dry lab/office modules.
Access cutting-edge research
Working closely alongside Birmingham Health Partners, PHTA offers access to a wide range of clinical research, trials and health data, as well as opportunities to work with leading teams and key opinion leaders across the academic and clinical spectrum.
Unique environment
BHIC is the only science park in the region dedicated to health and life sciences, and is the largest UK park of its size and scale to be co-located with a world-leading University and renowned NHS research and teaching hospitals.
Our links with Birmingham Health Partners allow us to support your business ambitions by providing access to vital expertise in a number of key areas:
Fit for Filing clinical trials
Fit for Filing clinical trialsThe Industry Trials Hub introduces a new way for industry to partner with our UKCRC-accredited units on both early phase trials and practice-changing registration level clinical trials. Birmingham is home to world-class centres with a wealth of experience across a wide range of diseases, clinical settings and trial designs. We’re also a world within a city, with a stable and diverse regional population of more than 5m people, of whom 1m+ are children. This community can support projects of significant scale, including trials and device testing.
Advanced diagnostics
Advanced diagnosticsWe are home to the University of Birmingham’s Clinical Immunology Services, an ISO15189 -accredited organisation providing a comprehensive range of accredited lab services to the NHS and industry – specialising in the diagnosis of autoimmune and neuroimmunological disease, blood cancers, primary and secondary immunodeficiency, infections and allergy.
Medtech design and development
Medtech design and developmentBirmingham is the third largest medical technologies cluster in the UK and a rich source of cross-disciplinary academic and clinical capabilities, including our Makerspace – we’ve dedicated more than 4,000 sq ft of space to medtech innovation, rapid prototyping, and product development, featuring the latest 3D printers, laser scanners and tools, backed by an expert technical team.
Support from across the ecosystem
Support from across the ecosystemOur location – at the heart of Birmingham’s health and life sciences district – opens up a world of expertise: including regulatory science and innovation; medical device evaluation and validation; genomic sequencing; multi-omics analysis; advanced therapies; health data; and more.
Facilities
Test and refine your ideas before you go into production, in our state-of-the-art prototyping suite – backed by the full support of our onsite technical experts.
Our premium Cat 2 labs have been designed by scientists for scientists and provide ample room for growing companies and spin outs.
Business incubation space
Access the specialist support, knowledge and facilities that will allow your business to scale up – including intellectual property protection.
Flexible workspace
From virtual tenancy to hot desks and office space, you’ll find the perfect flexible home for you and your team – with access to all BHIC amenities.