Medical and PPE firm Beeswift can today be revealed as an official partner of West Midlands Life Sciences Week.
The West Midlands-based company has signed up as ‘gold’ sponsors of the multi-event celebration from September 15 to 19.
At a series of gatherings across the five days, Life Sciences Week is bringing together leaders in biotech, medtech, academia and business to “shape a better future for this generation and the next” as this multi-billion-pound sector cements its UK epicentre in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Ben Baldwin, COO of Beeswift, said: “As a medical and PPE supplies provider based in the Midlands, we are delighted to partner in Life Sciences Week and help champion this prestigious event and further expand the life sciences sector in our region.”
Professor Paul Cadman, co-founder of Life Sciences Week, added: “We’re thrilled that Talbots, Elonex, Intercity, St Phillips Chambers and Beeswift, all brands with global provenance, are investing now in the life sciences sector to shape a better future for this generation and the next.”
The fourfold focus of Life Sciences Week is:
- Pharmaceutical & biotech: drug discovery, novel therapies, global research.
- Medical technology & diagnostics: tools, devices, diagnostics, clinical practice.
- Academic institutions: university research shared with the private sector.
- Investors: emerging ventures and opening doors to capital and scaling opportunities.
Also involved are Plug and Play, the global innovation platform; PHTA (Precision Health Technologies Accelerator); Bruntwood, leaders in life sciences real estate; Crowe UK, specialists in health sector audit and tax; Willis Towers Watson, capital and risk-management experts; Medilink Midlands, Britain’s largest health tech network; WMHTC (West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster); Health Innovation West Midlands; the ‘Give Plasma, Save Lives’ campaign and Gateley Global.
