SBRI Healthcare announce the winners of NHS England’s multi-million pound funding for late stage innovation projects that advance earlier and faster diagnosis of cancer. | SBRI Healthcare
Summary
This competition marks the beginning of an anticipated annual series of multi-million pound funding opportunities, in support of the LTP cancer ambitions. Utilising the latest technologies, and complementing existing processes, the innovations include digital, cloud-based and mobile communication platforms, scanning and imaging diagnostic software, medical devices, and blood testing. An overview of the competition winners: Qure.ai Technologies Limited (awarded £3,221,710) – AI assisted Chest X-ray triage for improving diagnostic efficiency and early detection of lung cancer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (awarded £610,774) – Whole body MRI for Inherited Cancer Early Diagnosis (ICED) Open Medical (awarded £ 1,063,081) – Pathpoint Cancer Initiative – Scaling and evaluating interoperable cloud clinical pathway management solutions to optimise referral, triage and diagnostic workflows. Endoscope-i (awarded £424,418) – Telescopic referrals to streamline and increase efficiency for managing the Head and Neck 2ww cancer pathway Pinpoint Data Science (awarded £752,021) – Optimising NHS urgent cancer referral pathways with their AI-driven, affordable blood test for triage and prioritisation of symptomatic patients. Orion Medtech Ltd C.I.C (awarded £361,487) – Applying a cancer care toolkit for improving time from diagnosis to treatment by adapting existing digital technology and processes The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (awarded £1,237,838) – Liquid Biopsies for Faster Diagnosis of Pancreatic and Biliary Tract Cancers Details for the second open competition call can be found on our competition webpage.