Bryan Forbes
[email protected]
@bryanSBRI
SBRI
• SBRI is a structured process enabling the Public
Sector to engage with Innovative Companies :• Helping Departments fulfil their Objectives
– Using Innovation to achieve step function improvements
• Accelerating Technology Commercialisation
– Provide a route to market
• Supporting the development of Innovative Companies
– Provide a lead customer/R&D partner
– Provide funding & credibility for fund raising
Driving Innovation
SBRI Key Features
• Procurement Process
• Engaging with Innovative Companies & Procuring the R&D to :•
Find & eventually procure novel solution to existing problem
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Encourage creation of solutions which meet policy objectives
• Development Contracts
• 100% funded R&D
• Operate under procurement rules rather than state aid rules
• UK implementation of EU Pre-Commercial Procurement
• Deliverable based rather than hours worked or costs incurred
• IP rests with Company
• Certain usage rights with Public Sector – companies
encouraged to exploit IP.
SBRI Process
• Open competition based on PSB Challenges
• PSB defines the problem space for which solutions are either
absent or inadequate
• Competition widely advertised through TSB channels
• Reach out to broad spectrum of technology based industry
• Applications assessed by PSB and most promising ones
awarded development contracts.
• Project risk is managed through a Phased process
• Phase 1 Proof of Feasibility 2 - 9mths & £20k to £100k
• Phase 2 Prototype Development can be up to 2 years and £1M
(depends on challenge)
Progress
• Pilots H2-2008 and Deployment started April 2009
• Since April 2009
– 170 new competitions
– ~5000 companies applied
– >1400 contracts awarded >£135M
• >40 Public Sector Bodies engaged
• NHS spends up to £1Bn dealing with HCAI
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~300,000 patients
• Need to improve Hand Hygiene
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Nurse need to wash hand ~100 time per day
• Creo Medical Hand cleaning device
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non-thermal plasma kills pathogens, kinder on the skin
• SBRI contract helped raise £3M of additional funding
• Grown from 3 employees to 26FTEs
• Business plan 2016 – 100 employees and ~£20M TO
• ‘SBRI has been a breath of fresh air.’ - STEVE MORRIS
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 Remote management of long term conditions
 Reduce the need to travel to hospital to meet
with specialists
 Identify earlier whether treatment is effective
 Save time and money & improve outcomes
 3D imaging and complex software
 Calculate wound volume and indicate rate of healing
 Identify quality of healing from analysis of tissue colour & volume
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SBRI contract instrumental in raising £2.4M funding
Grown from 4 to 14 employees
Sales made into 20 NHS trusts, and expect £10M TO by 2014
“Eykona would not be here today without our SBRI award”
- Paul Murphy CEO
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www.innovateuk.org/sbri
website contains details of all SBRI
competitions