Regulatory Assistance
Tay Health Tech has partnered with InnoScot Health to offer regulatory guidance to companies and academic teams on their route to forming new companies and bringing medtech products to market.
Tay Health Tech wants to accelerate the development of technology for use in the community, to reduce healthcare barriers, inequalities and improve access to healthcare to Tayside and beyond.
As part of our mission to accelerate the development of medical technologies (aka medtech) for community healthcare, Tay Health Tech have partnered with InnoScot Health to offer regulatory guidance to companies, and academic teams on their route to forming new companies, bringing medtech products to market.
InnoScot Health is accredited to ISO 13485:2016 QMS and has more than twenty years experience working with NHS and commercial partners to develop medical devices from concept to market.
As part of our funding from EPSRC, we are offering regulatory advice and guidance for those developing medical devices, in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). This advice will be tailored to your needs following an initial meeting to determine what support you require.
| Opening date | 1 September 2026 |
| Closing date | Until funding runs out/Sept 2027 |
| Funding per project | Reasonable costs identified in conversation with InnoScot, in line with requirements and capacity |
Scope
- Regulatory assistance will be agreed with InnoScot Health and a Statement of Work agreed before work takes place
- Tay Health Tech fund InnoScot Health directly, applicants will not receive funding
Your medical technology should fall under one or more of the Tay Health Tech themes:
- At home testing
- Hospital at Home
- Rehabilitation and Prehabilitation
- Prevention & Prognosis
- Youth health
- Substance Use
- Mental Health
Eligibility
- Your technology must be based on engineering and physical sciences research (that falls under the EPSRC remit), that is considered a medical device or medical technology.
- You must be a company registered in the UK, or be staff or student based in a UK university, college or NHS Board, AND be intending to form a new medtech company within the next 12 months.
- Be developing a medical device, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) or Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) at TRL 3 or higher (early proof of concept demonstrated in a lab).
- Be developing a medical device, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) or Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) for use in the community; or that reduces the time spent in hospital.
- Be able to evidence a need within Tayside and demonstrate potential impact in Tayside.
Application
To discuss your request for support or submit an application, please contact tayhealthtech@hw.ac.uk.
