Medipex

What Medipex does

Medipex is a UK-based healthcare innovation hub headquartered in Leeds, Yorkshire, established in 2005 to support NHS organisations and healthcare innovators in the Yorkshire & Humber and East Midlands regions. The company operates a membership-based service model, currently serving approximately 14 NHS trusts plus 3 supported NHS organisations, providing expert advisory services spanning idea assessment, intellectual property protection, market intelligence, competitor analysis, and commercialisation support from concept to market entry.

Medipex's core capability is its innovation translation expertise rather than a singular software product, though it does license the IRPS (Interactive Radiotherapy Planning for Students) software on a perpetual basis to medical physics departments and schools of radiography globally. The company maintains a portfolio approach, having supported a wide range of healthcare innovations including medical devices (organ preservation solutions, airway management tools, fall prevention devices), AI-enabled diagnostics (Dote baby monitor with multimodal AI, PreciousMD lung cancer CT analysis, Zeesta Labs cardiovascular risk monitor), and digital health platforms across various development stages. Strategic partnerships with Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, Grow MedTech Consortium, Medovate, and Translate MedTech extend Medipex's reach into broader MedTech translation networks.

The business model combines four revenue streams: NHS membership fees (recurring subscription model), software licensing (IRPS volume-based pricing from £340-£500 per licence), grant-funded project consulting (via Innovate UK, PBIAA, and university partnerships), and the annual NHS Innovation Awards programme which has identified approximately 1,000 healthcare innovation ideas since inception. Notable commercial outcomes include brokering £2m investment from Brightstar Partners for the OPSL organ preservation spin-out (later terminated in 2024 due to inability to secure further funding), facilitating the Beagle Orthopaedic licensing deal for the Crosby wrist splint, and leading IP strategy for the Duchenne UK smart suit project backed by £1m from the People's Postcode Lottery Dream Fund. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and operates as a privately held limited company with 11-50 employees.

Name

Medipex

Legal name

Medipex Ltd

Website

https://medipex.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Medipex is a Leeds-based healthcare innovation hub providing IP advice, market intelligence, and commercialisation support to NHS trusts and healthcare innovators across Yorkshire & Humber and East Midlands via a membership model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. NHS Membership Services: NHS organisations pay for a cost-effective membership package that provides access to all of Medipex's services including innovation support, IP advice, and commercialisation assistance.
2. Software Licensing: Medipex manages licensing of software products developed through NHS innovation, such as the IRPS (Interactive Radiotherapy Planning for Students) software, generating licensing revenue through sales to individuals, medical physics departments, and schools of radiography internationally.
3. Project-Based Consulting: Medipex provides bespoke market intelligence, IP advice, and commercialisation support to healthcare innovators, universities, and SMEs on a project basis, often funded by grants from organisations like Innovate UK, PBIAA, and universities.
4. Innovation Awards: Annual awards programme that identifies around 1000 new healthcare innovation ideas since 2005, creating a pipeline of potential commercialisation projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Medipex provides expert advice and hands-on support to healthcare innovators at every stage from idea to commercialisation, delivered primarily through NHS trust memberships, project-based consulting, and training/networking services. Offerings span IP protection advice, market intelligence, commercial partner identification, economic modelling, regulatory pathway guidance, grant application support, and licensing/royalty management for selected NHS-developed innovations such as the IRPS radiotherapy training software.

Product overview

Medipex is a healthcare innovation hub that provides expert advice and hands-on support to healthcare innovators from idea to commercialisation. The organisation operates a portfolio approach, supporting multiple distinct products and innovations across various stages of development. Key offerings include the IRPS radiotherapy training software, various AI-powered diagnostic and monitoring tools (Dote Monitor, ProSed, OsteoDent, PreciousMD, Zeesta Labs CVD monitor), digital health platforms (Azurian Health, Elyfia, THRIVE), medical devices (organ preservation, fall prevention, airway management tools), and the annual Medipex NHS Innovation Awards programme. Services span IP advice, market intelligence, commercialisation support, and training networking across the innovation ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Medipex NHS Innovation Awards: Annual awards programme to uncover and showcase innovative ideas for new healthcare technologies and interventions designed to deliver service improvements and patient benefits.
• Innovation Champion Network (ICN)
• Clinical Innovation Advisory Network (CIAN)
• Transforming Ideas

Products and services

• NHS Membership Programme Recurring subscription package sold to NHS trusts that provides access to all of Medipex's innovation support services. Current membership includes 14 NHS trusts plus 3 supported organisations across Yorkshire & Humber and East Midlands.
• Project-Based Innovation Consulting Bespoke engagements covering market intelligence, competitor analysis, customer identification, IP advice, value proposition development, economic modelling and commercialisation strategy for individual healthcare innovations and SMEs.
• Training and Networking Services Structured training workshops and networking programmes covering innovation processes, IP awareness, NHS IP Guidance compliance, and clinical feedback on innovations. Delivered as standard sessions or bespoke courses.
• Medipex NHS Innovation Awards and Showcase Annual competition and showcase event run by Medipex to identify promising NHS innovations, celebrate NHS staff achievements and create a pipeline of ideas for potential commercialisation support.
• IRPS (Interactive Radiotherapy Planning for Students) Software Licensed interactive training software that teaches the basic principles of external beam radiotherapy planning to radiotherapy staff, students and trainee doctors via interactive examples and patient outlines. Sold under volume-based perpetual licences with a free demo.
• SME Masterclass Series Free webinar-based masterclass series delivered to Medtech and Healthtech SMEs covering commercialisation, NHS adoption and related topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Around 1000 new healthcare innovation ideas identified since 2005 through the annual awards programme
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Yorkshire & Humber AHSNcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedipex works in partnership with the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network, hosting Innovation Champion Network events together and supporting NHS innovation across the region.
• Medovate LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to support the development of promising new medical device innovations arising from within the NHS. Jointly launched Innovation Voucher Competition worth up to £5,000 for NHS staff medical device ideas.
• Duchenne UKmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedipex is leading the intellectual property strategy for a smart suit project funded by £1m People's Postcode Lottery Dream Fund to help children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or Spinal Muscular Atrophy live more independently.
• PA Consulting LtdmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partner working with Medipex and Duchenne UK on the smart suit project for children with neuromuscular conditions.
• NIHR Children and Young People MedTech Co-operativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in defining market opportunities and route to market for the Duchenne UK smart suit project.
• NIHR Devices for DignitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in mapping route to market for the Duchenne UK smart suit project.
• AvigenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvigen, a Contract Research Organisation spun out from Imperial College London, engaged Medipex as their Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) to identify customers, competitors and partners for their immunotherapy validation platform.
• Beagle OrthopaedicmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMedipex successfully secured Beagle Orthopaedic as a licensing partner for the Crosby Wrist and Thumb Splint, granting rights to sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution in return for revenue share.
• Peak Medtek LtdmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedipex provided market analysis and value proposition development for Bide, a bedside fall prevention device, to help attract investment and sales.
• Elaros 24/7 LtdmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElaros, a Medipex investee company, partnered with Arquella and was selected for Long-COVID research project. C19-YRS software recommended by NHS England.
• Grow MedTech ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSix-university consortium focused on MedTech translation. Medipex collaborated on proof of market studies and presented at annual conferences.
• Translate MedTechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Translate MedTech for MedTech translation activities and annual conferences.
• Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedipex is a partner on the AWRC Wellbeing Accelerator programme providing health and wellbeing mentoring for SMEs.
• MAARS Ltd (Market Access and Reimbursement Solutions)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedipex collaborated with MAARS on cost-consequence modelling for multiple projects including PreciousMD lung cancer diagnosis and Bide fall prevention device.
• LFH RegulatorymajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMedipex worked with LFH Regulatory to understand regulatory implications and provide regulatory roadmap for Augmented Healthcare's consultation monitoring software.
• NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Paediatrics and Child HealthcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent partner hosting breakout session on Barriers and Challenges in Paediatric HealthTech at Medipex NHS Innovation Awards 2026.
• MedilinkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent partner hosting breakout session on Regulatory Aspects for Digital HealthTech at Medipex NHS Innovation Awards 2026.
• Health Innovation Yorkshire & HumbercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent partner hosting breakout session on Successfully Adopting Innovation at Medipex NHS Innovation Awards 2026.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research): National funder and infrastructure operator for health research and innovation in the NHS; Medipex partners with multiple NIHR co-operatives, and NIHR-funded programmes represent both demand and potential competitor landscape.
• PA Consulting: Global consulting firm with a deep healthcare and life-sciences practice that competes for commercialisation, IP strategy, and innovation-partnership work; already collaborating with Medipex on the Duchenne UK smart suit, evidencing overlap.

Direct peers

• MedCity: London life-sciences innovation hub supporting commercialisation of NHS and academic health technologies; comparable mission and services (investment facilitation, partner identification, market intelligence) to Medipex, focused on the Golden Triangle.
• UCLPartners: Academic Health Science Partnership covering North London with a similar remit of accelerating healthcare innovation into NHS practice, including commercial partnership brokering and innovation pipeline support.
• Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber: Regional Health Innovation Network (formerly Yorkshire & Humber AHSN) operating the same NHS innovation-intermediary model in overlapping geography; shares Medipex's mission of accelerating healthcare innovation adoption and is already a collaborating partner.
• Health Innovation Manchester: Manchester-based Health Innovation Network delivering NHS innovation adoption support, market intelligence, and academic-industry bridging services comparable to Medipex's portfolio but in the North West region.
• Health Innovation East: Eastern England Health Innovation Network offering innovation scouting, commercial partnership brokering, and adoption support to NHS organisations—directly analogous services to Medipex, just in a different region.
• Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley: Regional Health Innovation Network serving Oxford and Thames Valley NHS organisations with innovation identification, adoption, and commercialisation support—mirroring Medipex's role in a different geography.

Others

• Medilink: UK medical technology trade association providing networking, regulatory guidance, and commercialisation events for MedTech companies—an adjacent ecosystem partner already co-hosting Medipex Innovation Awards breakout sessions.

Regional players

• Northern Health Science Alliance: Cross-organisation alliance of northern England NHS trusts, universities, and AHSNs promoting health science innovation; overlaps with Medipex's northern footprint and innovation-brokering activities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/medipex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medipex-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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