Novartis nominated for UX Design Award with Team Consulting
Novartis has been nominated for a UX Design Award for a new drug delivery digital onboarding experience, developed in collaboration with Team Consulting. Designed to support patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS) in learning to self-inject, the digital platform has been nominated in recognition of its user-centred design to help patients manage their treatment safely and…
Celebrating 10 years of employee-ownership at Team Consulting
It’s a big year for Team Consulting! We’re marking ten years as an employee‑owned trust consultancy in the same year we celebrate our 40th anniversary. From life-saving solutions to billion-dollar innovations, being 100% employee-owned – and financially independent – means we’re able to consistently deliver results for our clients driving the future of medical technology.
Women at the cutting edge: driving inclusive surgical design
Gender bias in surgical devices impacts women surgeons, compromising both their performance and well-being. Many instruments and protective equipment have historically been designed using data based on male physical characteristics, creating systemic challenges for female practitioners.
Advancing UK MedTech innovation with collaboration - London Institute for Healthcare Engineering partnership with Team Consulting
Team Consulting is delighted to announce a new collaboration with the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE), part of King’s College London. Drawing on our 40-year track record in healthcare innovation, this partnership marks an acceleration in the journey from breakthrough ideas to market-ready medical technologies.
6 steps to ensure your medical device does not exceed users’ capabilities
We have developed a tried and tested 6-step process at Team Consulting along with a suite of tools which can be customised to help manufacturers measure user capabilities and characteristics effectively from real users.
Pushing the limits of athletic recovery and performance through sports medicine
Sports medicine has seen remarkable advancements in recent years, revolutionising how athletes and the general public recover, prevent injuries and enhance performance when training. In recent years we have seen exceptional sporting performances, from the UEFA European Football Championship to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics – where more than 40 world records were broken. With people…
A pivot from in vivo to ex vivo cell therapy
October 2025 marked a watershed moment in the evolution of advanced therapies. After years of investment and scientific breakthroughs in ex vivo cell therapy – particularly CAR-T and other autologous approaches – the tide has turned. A growing number of strategic decisions from major pharmaceutical companies signals a pivot: is ex vivo out and in vivo in?
The DBA Design Effectiveness Award shortlist - TympaHealth and Team Consulting on the shortlist
The Tympa Ear and Hearing Health Solution has been shortlisted for the 2026 DBA Design Effectiveness Award! The portable, all-in-one hearing health system developed by TympaHealth in collaboration with Team Consulting, has been recognised for its impact on patients and design excellence.
Second PDA Innovation Award win for AstraZeneca and Team Consulting
For the second year in a row AstraZeneca and Team Consulting have won the PDA Drug Delivery Partnership Innovation Award, this time for the development of an innovative digital IFU platform designed for on-market autoinjectors. The award, presented at the 2025 PDA Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes conference, recognises technical innovations in the field of drug delivery as well as effective…
Looking to the future of intratumoural drug delivery
Drug treatments serve as a vital line of defence alongside surgery and radiotherapy. They include chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy. Most drug treatments are delivered systemically, circulating through the bloodstream to reach cancer cells. Systemic cancer drug delivery, however, presents challenges such as toxicity, poor tumour penetration and low efficacy, often…
Award-winning OrganOx acquired by global MedTech company for $1.5Bn
OrganOx, a University of Oxford spin-out, has been acquired by global MedTech company, Terumo, for $1.5 billion. This comes after OrganOx recently won the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for its pioneering devices that keep donor livers and kidneys alive outside the body for extended periods, increasing the number of successful transplants and saving lives worldwide. …
Making a difference beyond the workplace at Team Consulting
As we celebrate our 40-year anniversary we’re spotlighting what makes Team Consulting thrive – our people. We are proud to support our clients in helping to improve patient lives and we are equally motivated to make a difference beyond the workplace. The following are just a few of the recent activities and charities our team have been involved with – supporting the community surrounding our 13th…
Team Consulting and inclusive surgical devices at Royal College of Surgeons of England event
Team Consulting are attending the Women at the Cutting Edge event hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in partnership with the RCS England I-Hub and Women in Surgery (WinS) group, on Friday 17th October 2025 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Team's Senior FEI Strategy and Innovation Consultant, Lara Zaki, and Senior Human Factors Consultant, Claire Young, will lead a workshop…
From complexity to clarity: analytics in cell and gene therapy
Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) have redefined the treatment landscape, but their development and manufacturing remain uniquely challenging. They involve variable starting materials and complex, small-scale processes. As the field pushes for faster development, scalable manufacturing and greater cost-efficiency—without compromising quality or safety—there is a clear shift toward automated, closed…
Radiotherapy and surgical ablation technologies for cancer treatment
Radiotherapy, or radiation ablation, has evolved significantly since its inception. Ongoing technological advancements have the potential to position radiotherapy as a first-line “surgical” treatment for solid tumours by enhancing its precision and efficacy. Further advancements in real-time imaging, adaptive dosing and advanced delivery techniques could give radiotherapy the potential to…
How surrogate models enhance medical device optimisation
Design optimisation is a fundamental step in developing innovative and efficient medical devices. Before committing to manufacturing prototypes, simulations and models are developed to indicate the expected performance of the medical device design. They offer great precision however, they are computationally expensive and time-consuming to develop, especially for iterative processes like…
Supporting our clients globally - Team Consulting welcomes David Maltz
As part of our continued international growth, Team Consulting is pleased to welcome David Maltz as the newest member of our commercial team.
Strengthening human factors leadership to drive user-centred design innovation
At Team Consulting, we have been working at the forefront of human factors since 1999, helping our clients to create medical products that are not only
Collaboration across countries: Team Consulting host workshop with Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers and Team Consulting wanted to come together to collate our thoughts around the shift of healthcare into communities and homes.
Purpose-built progress: key trends shaping cell and gene therapy in 2025
In recent years the cell and gene therapy industry has been fast-growing, with over 1,200 therapies now in clinical trials globally,
Using mixed reality for immersive surgical training
Team Consulting writes: Our clients, Dr Stefan Hudson, Clinical Innovation Fellow, and Mr Ryan Kerstein, Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, had an idea that could transform burns training for surgeons and significantly reduce cost for the NHS.
Are you a surgeon with a clinical challenge? Team Consulting can help you
Do you have a clinical challenge that technology could solve? We have a unique opportunity for you to collaborate with medical device and digital health experts to help you develop a solution.
MedTech product design: balancing constraints for commercial success
At Team Consulting, we have been helping our clients develop elegant solutions to complex healthcare challenges for 37 years. One of the key challenges in this space is how to cost effectively innovate in the highly constrained and regulated world of MedTech product design.
Accelerating patient access to cell and gene therapies
The first human genome was deciphered two decades ago (an astronomical effort that took 13 years and about $3 billion), and at th
How to tackle antimicrobial resistance using diagnostics
Growing up as a child, I thought that antibiotics were the magical answer for most medical issues, be that a persistent sore throat or a high fever.