Partnerships and Associations

Synergy Health is Europe's leading provider of contract sterilisation services. Through a network of 19 sites in 9 countries across Europe, Asia and South Africa, Synergy Health provides outsourced services to manufacturers; in particular sterilising single use medical products, enhancing the performance of polymers and providing technical laboratory services. High Edge Consulting is the exclusive supplier of regulatory and quality assurance consultancy to Synergy Health.

Pharmaceutical Development Services (PDS) provides a full range of Worldwide Regulatory Affairs Consulting Services to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries. Their portfolio of regulatory services covers all stages of the product development and subsequent lifecycle and is delivered by specialists in their field with the relevant knowledge and experience. Services span the Development, Approval and Post Authorisation stages. Visit www.pharmdservices.com for more information.

Medilink East Midlands is the specialist support organisation for the Healthcare Sector with a membership base drawn from all areas of the East Midlands healthcare community. Medilink's core objective is "To help healthcare companies in the East Midlands establish, grow and develop". High Edge Consulting is an active corporate member of Medilink East Midlands and frequently delivers training courses for them.

Design and Technology Innovation
Maddison is a UK-based leading product design group at the forefront of worldwide new technology. They solve taxing engineering and user-interface problems. Their team designs for global corporations and SMEs with a focus on medical/high tech start-up and spin-out companies. Maddison also works with university technology transfer teams, developing their new IP to commercial success. David Maddison, is Designer-in-Residence at UMIP, the University of Manchester's commercialisation company. They offer: Industrial and Engineering Product Design, Specialist medical/healthcare experience, Electronics (work under ISO 13485), Emerging Technology Survey/Scouting, IP and market landscaping, User research, Technology transfer IP/design mentoring, Manufacturing set up and liaison, and Free Inventor IP Clinic.

The Healthcare and Bioscience iNet helps people in the sector, particularly in East Midlands' businesses and universities, to develop new technologies, processes, products and services in order to build a healthy economy. It has been established to help turn innovative ideas into business opportunities. The iNet concept was developed by emda and East Midlands Innovation (the Regional Science and Industry Council) to bring together businesses, colleges, universities, public sector representatives and individuals with a shared interest in a market or the technology that underpins it. A key aim of iNet is to provide a sector-specific focus that enables organisations to exchange knowledge and form collaborations to exploit new ideas. The Healthcare and Bioscience iNet is based at BioCity in Nottingham, a renowned life science industry centre of excellence but it covers the whole region. It is funded by East emda and the European Regional Development Fund.

West Human Resources Consultancy offer HR services for smaller businesses who do not have their own people specialists, up to large corporate where help is needed to deliver a specific project. Delivering very practical interventions to HR needs; providing clear guidelines, processes and skills, West Human Resources Consultancy assist you with getting the best from your staff. High Edge Consulting utilises West Human Resources Consultancy exclusively for all our HR needs.

BSI British Standards develops standards and standardization solutions to meet the needs of business and society. BSI British Standards is the National Standards Body (NSB) for the UK and they develop, publish and market standards and related information products. BSI also provide additional services including being a Notified Body for Medical Device Manufacturers. High Edge Consulting is a corporate member of BSI.

The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) is the chartered body for quality management professionals. The CQI exists to benefit the public by advancing education in, knowledge of and the practice of quality in industry, commerce, the public sector and the voluntary sectors. High Edge Consulting holds corporate membership to the CQI.

MAS (Manufacturing Advisory Service) is one of the products in the Solutions for Business suite and is the leading advisor for manufacturers. MAS provide practical, hands-on support focused on improving company’s bottom line. Whether you're looking to improve efficiency, raise productivity, develop new ideas or tackle a problem that is hampering profitability, MAS have experts on hand to help. If you are an SME all MAS support is either free or highly subsidised. High Edge Consulting is registered with MAS as a provider of consultancy.

Medical Device Network is a resource point for medical device manufacturing. Full of case studies, white papers, industry news and a daily bulletin it also lists products and services available from it’s selected companies. High Edge Consulting is pleased to be a selected partner of Medical Device Network.

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