About
Type: Commerical
Sector: Life Science and Healthcare
Citylabs is the only development of its kind in the UK, based on a joint venture partnership between Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP) and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) - the UK's largest NHS provider Trust.
Citylabs brings together and accelerates collaboration between the NHS, scientific and academic communities and industry on the largest clinical academic campus in Europe and in the heart of Manchester's Innovation District - the Oxford Road Corridor.
The campus provides opportunities for health and medical technology businesses to grow and co-create new health products in collaboration with the NHS and academia, and is strategically aligned with the NHS’ ‘Innovation, Health and Wealth’ agenda. The campus is most suited to those working within:
> Digital health
> Medical devices
> Diagnostics
> Genomics
> Precision medicine
Businesses that locate to Citylabs have direct access to MFT's specialist clinical resources and expertise from researchers, clinicians and procurement teams, as well as MSP's unique growth support and events programme - including access to funding - including Enterprise Zone rate relief, talent, new markets, mentorship and university resources. Businesses also become part of the Bruntwood SciTech network of over 600 science and tech businesses across Manchester, Cheshire, Leeds and Birmingham.
At the heart of the Citylabs campus is Citylabs 1.0 - a 100,000 sq ft biomedical centre of excellence, which has been hugely successful in creating stronger links between the NHS, academia and industry and assisting businesses located there in substantial growth. Citylabs 1.0 opened in 2014 and is now home to a pioneering cluster of over 20 businesses working in the life science sector.
Following the success of Citylabs 1.0 and high levels of demand, the Citylabs campus is currently undergoing a £95m expansion to create a world-leading hub for health innovation and precision medicine and Citylabs 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 are underway. Citylabs 2.0 will be home to global diagnostics company QIAGEN who will base their European Hub for Diagnostics Development at the campus. Find out more about Citylabs here
Take a virtual tour of Citylabs 1.0 here
Meet some of the businesses that work at Citylabs:
> Takagi
> Apis Assay
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