Health Tech World is excited to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Health Tech Innovation of the Year Award.
The award honours exceptional innovations in health tech that are transforming how healthcare is delivered, accessed or experienced.
The finalists have developed groundbreaking solutions that address significant healthcare challenges through creative application of technology, demonstrating meaningful impact on patients, providers or health systems.
The Health Tech Innovation of the Year Award is sponsored by Fearsome.
Fearsome delivers comprehensive design & development services to clients in the medical devices industry, with core competencies in technology development, design engineering, product design, human factors, usability engineering, design transfer, design quality assurance, regulatory compliance and project management.
Congratulations to the shortlist and thank you to everyone who took the time to enter.
Health Tech Innovation of the Year 2026 Shortlist
Nurosym has turned clinically validated neuromodulation into an accessible, non-invasive treatment that patients can use independently at home.
Developed by Parasym following more than a decade of research, the Class IIa CE-marked device delivers Auricular Vagal Neuromodulation Therapy (AVNT) to support healthier brain-body communication via the vagus nerve.
Backed by over 60 clinical studies, 150+ research collaborations and more than five million treatment sessions globally, Nurosym combines scientific rigour, patient empowerment and real-world impact, offering a scalable new model for managing chronic conditions linked to autonomic nervous system dysfunction.
At the core of Prezent Vivo is Astrid AI, a purpose-built AI agent trained specifically for Life Sciences communication.
Prezent Vivo is the first Life Sciences partner combining purpose-built AI with human expertise to deliver fast, cost-effective, scientifically accurate and compliant communications.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Prezent serves over 150 Life Sciences companies including 45 of the top 50 BioPharma.
Prezent Vivo delivers Life Sciences communications across the full product lifecycle – congress posters, data visualisation, scientific documents, brochures, MSL narrative decks, advisory board materials, national sales meetings and more.
Health Innovation East Midlands collaborated with innovator Qbtech to transform the assessment of children and young people with ADHD, addressing one of the NHS’s growing areas of demand.
QbTest, a NICE-approved technology used alongside clinical assessment, is underpinned by more than 40 clinical research papers, including an RCT that demonstrates that, when used as part of a routine assessment, it can significantly reduce the time taken to diagnose ADHD compared with traditional clinical assessments.
Research collaborations between Qbtech and the Health Innovation network has led to real-world data that showed when QbTest was used in the ADHD assessment by the NHS, the number of appointments required to reach a diagnostic decision was reduced by 1, saving on average between £14,000 and £94,000 per service implementing QbTest.
Next steps
The three finalists will be judged by a representative from category sponsor, Fearsome, with the winner revealed at a virtual event on October 28.
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