PHTA donates £5k to local Selly Oak charity
Today we welcomed Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe (pictured centre) to the Birmingham Health Innovation Campus development alongside our partners Bruntwood SciTech, who provided a wonderful progress report on the build. Steve learnt about the impact BHIC and PHTA will have on the local area – creating 10,000 new jobs and adding £480m GVA to […]
High-profile appointee to lead Birmingham’s Precision Health Technologies Accelerator
The University of Birmingham has announced the appointment of an experienced academic and industrial pharmaceutical professional – Professor Gino Martini – to the position of CEO of its new Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA). Gino joins PHTA Ltd from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) where he has held the role of Chief Scientist for more […]
Bayer to invest in vital childhood cancer trial at the University of Birmingham
Significant funding from Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and nutrition, is enabling the University of Birmingham’s Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) to deliver a new study arm of an international clinical trial which aims to identify more effective treatments for a rare type of childhood […]
£14m invested in PHTA by GBSLEP
Plans to develop the Midlands’ only science park dedicated to health and life sciences research –Birmingham Health Innovation Campus (BHIC) – have received another boost thanks to a significant investment of up to £14m from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP). The Campus is being delivered through a long-term collaboration between the University […]
£210m world-class life science campus set for the West Midlands
Birmingham is set to lead the delivery of medical innovation in the Midlands through the development of Birmingham Health Innovation Campus; attracting significant inward investment, creating high value jobs in the region, and accelerating the development and deployment of new drugs, diagnostics and healthcare technologies to patients. The Campus will be the only science park in […]
Birmingham named one of just six new Life Sciences Opportunity Zones
The Birmingham Health Partners ecosystem – including Birmingham Health Innovation Campus – has been awarded Life Sciences Opportunity Zone status by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). As one of only six sites in the country to receive this designation, Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) has been recognised by Government for its world-class […]