New evidence showing a 70% reduction in false positive dipped specimens Extended uptake by the NHS Investment including a JV to create a Smart Peezy Sheena Byrom joining our Advisory Panel Being recognised in the Sunday Times 2018 Maserati 100 list that celebrate British entrepreneurship These have been a few of our highlights for 2018 […]
We are delighted to announce the appointment of consultant midwife and lifelong campaigner for positive childbirth, Sheena Byrom OBE to our Advisory Panel. Sheena Byrom is a practising midwife of 40 years, having worked in the NHS for most of that time. One of the UK’s first consultant midwives, and as head of midwifery, she […]
Today, Forte Medical’s Chief Executive Giovanna Forte attended the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy reception at No 10 Downing Street – creating the foundation for brilliant innovation and MedTech
Diagnostic parity yet one had a collection protocol and the other does not! Following a successful Peezy Midstream Usability Study with the NHS National Institute for Health Research, Giovanna Forte was asked to write a blog explaining how urine can fuel AMR; the piece starts with the author’s unedifying visit to a sexual health clinic. Read all […]
Giovanna Forte, CEO was delighted to be one of 10 British executives to make their way to UC Irvine (UCI) for the Greater Irvine Chamber’s 2018 Life Science Showcase event. In collaboration with UCI Applied Innovation, the Greater Irvine Chamber hosted UK owned life science companies to position Southern California and UCI as a strong global brand […]
A little while ago, the NIHR supported Forte Medical Ltd on a usability study for the Peezy™ Mid-Stream Urine device – an easier, cleaner and more reliable urine sample collection. This is the interview filmed with Giovanna Forte last week. The study: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/life-sciences-industry/access-to-expertise-and-collaborations/work-with-leading-academic-and-clinical-research-experts/nihr-medtech-services/medtech-case-studies/forte-medical.htm
The latest issue of Urology News features an interesting and important conversation with Urological Consultant Mr Ased Ali about the importance of urine in diagnosis and subsequent treatment of UTIs. He refers to the patient-led initiative – the MUST Campaign – that is demanding Government introduce a protocol for the collection of urine specimens. The […]
Amongst British adults, urology diseases such as testicular cancer and prostate cancer are not well understood and men are not looking out for the signs and symptoms of these deadly diseases. This was the revealing and shocking research undertaken as part of Urology Awareness Month that was presented at our Forum last month by The […]
Back in March of this year, the NHS National Institute for Health Research contacted Forte Medical, asking for a case study demonstrating how their research has assisted the launch of Peezy Midstream. A few months earlier the NIHR in conjunction with the West Midlands AHSN conducted a valuable Usability Study on our diagnostic device. Results […]
’Rubbish In, Rubbish Out’; if you don’t make the effort to collect the specimen properly, all the clever stuff that is done in the laboratories makes it pretty pointless.” – Dr Mark Wilks, Clinical Scientist and Prinicipal Microbiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust This was one of a number of key messages from this year’s Forum […]