Medilink has the contacts you requir to solve any problem or drive forward any innovation in the field of orthopaedics. A single contact with Medilink will put you in touch with experts who will be able to advise on research partners, product development, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, manufacturing (including tooling and instrumentation), outcome measurement and much more.

Contact: Orthopaedic Gateway Manager, Medilink, 301, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HL. Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 7451 Fax: +44 (0) 114 273 0058 Email: orthopaedic@medilink.co.uk

YORKSHIRE BIOMATERIALS NETWORK

New and innovative developments in biomaterials and tissue engineering are seeing Yorkshire become a world-beating centre for this type of research, and it was for this reason that the Yorkshire Biomaterials Network (YBN) was set up. Biomaterials is a highly interdisciplinary subject and because of this the expertise for the YBN had to be drafted in from all over the region, including academic researchers, clinicians and industrialists. The network, which Medilink played a key role in initiating, encompasses biomaterials groups from Sheffield and Leeds, and also has multidisciplinary research groups from the Universities of Bradford, Hull and York. Each area will develop projects in collaboration with each other, some of which will involve industry. This will provide an opportunity for local SMEs to get involved, with Medilink acting as a facilitator. This will help the network, which was set up in 1998, to realise its objective of establishing Yorkshire as an internationally recognised region of excellence for biomaterials research and the biomaterials industry.

Contact: Kevin Kiely, Medilink, 301, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HL. Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 6316 Fax: +44 (0) 114 273 0058
Email: k.j.kiely@medilink.co.uk

REGIONAL FORESIGHT PANEL ON AGEING

With advances in medical technology and living standards constantly increasing our nation's life expectancy, so the country's population
is feeling an inexorable upsurge toward an older overall demographic.
It is for this reason that it is essential, now more than ever, that we
make sure our elderly have the best possible standards of living
throughout their later years. To this end Medilink have established
a Regional Foresight Panel on Ageing, which is chaired by
Professor Ian Philp of the Sheffield Institute into the Study of
Ageing (SISA). SISA, based at the University of Sheffield, brings
together academics who have an interest in ageing research, from
across the university.

Contact: Kevin Kiely, Medilink, 301, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HL. Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 6316 Fax: +44 (0) 114 273 0058
Email: k.j.kiely@medilink.co.uk