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NHS Innovation into practice: how SBRI Healthcare is supporting growth in MedTech – Case study 2

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  • Wednesday, 29 April 2015
  • 12:30
  • Duration: 19 mins
  • Publication date: 06 May 2015
  • Location: NA, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2015

About the session

Case study - Billy Boyle - Co-founder of Owlstone

A breathalyzer for disease - Rapid, non-invasive detection of volatile markers of disease. 

Owlstone is developing a cancer breathalyzer with a goal of saving 10,000 lives and £245M by 2020 through improved rates of early detection. The talk will outline the core chemical sensor technology and clinical data to date. 

Keywords:
  • Billy Boyle
  • Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2015
  • Medilink UK
  • Owlstone
  • breathalyzer technology
  • chemical sensor technology
  • healthcare

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    Billy Boyle

    Owlstone, Co-founder of Owlstone

    Since co-founding Owlstone, Billy has been overseeing the development and implementation of the detection technology with nanotechnology foundry partners. He is also active in business development, demonstrating to partners how the Owlstone technology can used to realise a paradigm shift in detection applications and deployment scenarios. Billy is heavily involved in the creation and realisation of new technologies and IP. Prior to joining Owlstone Billy was a Research Associate in the Microsystems and Nanotech group at Cambridge University. In an academic / industry consortium he designed and developed silicon-opto hybrid devices for next generation telecoms systems.
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