BioHub Birmingham to build incubator space to meet increased demand

The BioHub Birmingham is constructing 5,000 sq ft of self-contained laboratory and office suites to meet what it says is an increasing demand for biomedical incubator space.

The BioHub opened in 2015 and its shared facilities on the ground floor are now operating at capacity.

It is managed by University of Birmingham Enterprise and is located at the Birmingham Research Park, which provides incubation services and facilities, as well as commercial office space for biomedical and hi-tech companies.

The Birmingham Research Park is on the university campus, and the university has made major investments in medical innovation facilities.

In last year alone, the university has opened the Healthcare Technologies Institute, where experts in chemical engineering, biomedical science, computer science, applied mathematics, chemistry and physics work collaboratively on projects; the Centre for Custom Medical Devices, which works in collaboration with Renishaw and uses additive manufacturing (3D printing) to speed development in the medical devices supply chain; and the Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre which helps remove the regulatory blockages encountered by small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

The facilities have attracted increasing attention from international business, and the university currently has over 200 industrial partners, spanning all business sectors, who use its facilities and research expertise.