10th August 2015
BIA publishes new report calling for the Biomedical Catalyst scheme to be continued in the interest of the nation’s health and wealth
Today the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) publishes a new report, The Biomedical Catalyst, making the case to continue. Published following the announcement of the last round of the current Biomedical…
5th August 2015
One day in translational medicine: ON Helix 2015: a Delegate’s view
One day in translational medicine: ON Helix 2015: a Delegate’s view Written by Clare Sansom This year One Nucleus’ annual Translational Research Conference, ON Helix, moved back to the venue…
29th July 2015
Finance Wales’ micro loans continue to back businesses in South East Wales
Finance Wales made micro loans totalling £1.54 million in 46 businesses in South East Wales in 2014-15. Rhiannon Brewer, Senior Investment Executive, works with SMEs in the region looking for…
29th July 2015
£600m hospitals revamp plan unveiled for south-west Wales
Radical plans for a £600m transformation of hospital services in south-west Wales have been revealed. Swansea’s Morriston Hospital would double in size and become a regional centre for specialist treatments….
28th July 2015
Caladrius, PCT and TrakCel to Drive Cell Therapy Manufacturing Excellence
Companies will Collaborate on Cell Therapy Management Technology Implementation TrakCel Ltd. today announced a collaboration agreement with Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLBS) and its subsidiary PCT, a Caladrius Company (PCT) to…
24th July 2015
New bench-top clinical chemistry analyzer launched by EKF Diagnostics at AACC 2015
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces the international launch of the Altair™ 240 clinical chemistry analyzer at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry’s (AACC) Annual Meeting and…
22nd July 2015
Glyconics Selected To Attend an International Open Innovation Workshop in China on Point of Care Diagnostics
Glyconics Limited has been successful in a competition led by the Yorkshire and Humberside Academic Health Science Network to attend a Workshop on Point of Care Diagnostics in Tianjin, China…
22nd July 2015
New £7M Swansea Digital Economy Centre taking research to the next stage
Swansea University’s College of Science is to become home to a new digital economy research centre worth in excess of £7M, which will help create and deliver digital innovations with…
20th July 2015
All Party Parliamentary Group established to raise profile of UK Life Sciences sector
Today the new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Life Sciences holds its official launch event in Parliament. The group has been established to raise awareness and understanding of the…
16th July 2015
MedaPhor enhances ScanTrainer for Obstetrics and Gynaecology
MedaPhor Group plc (AIM: MED) (‘MedaPhor’), the global provider of advanced ultrasound skills training simulators for medical professionals, have announced that it has added new Ovarian Masses modules and enhanced the learning…
16th July 2015
MedaPhor adds eFAST to ScanTrainer’s Emergency Medicine portfolio
MedaPhor Group plc (AIM: MED) (‘MedaPhor’), the global provider of advanced ultrasound skills training simulators for medical professionals, has announced that it has added eFAST modules to its ScanTrainer portfolio. The new…
16th July 2015
Finance Wales’ Technology Ventures portfolio goes from strength to strength
Finance Wales’ Technology Venture Investments team invested £8.3 million in 2014-15 through a combination of new and follow-on investments in our portfolio. A number of key portfolio companies made significant…
16th July 2015
Expert Advice: Device Access UK Ltd – Accelerating market access for your MedTech and Diagnostics devices into the NHS
Established in 2010, Device Access is the UK’s leading MedTech Market Access and Reimbursement Consultancy, having helped over 100 clients, both start up and multi-national, navigate their way by introducing their…
15th July 2015
Provide and Time for Medicine launch new online triage and testing service for sexual health
A new online triage and testing service has just been launched which will make it easier for people who are worried about a sexually transmitted infection to get tested. Information…
14th July 2015
Sharp Packaging Solutions white paper on ‘Product Serialisation to Advance Pharmaceutical Authentication and Patient Safety’
Sharp Packaging Solutions, part of UDG Healthcare plc (LON: UDG), the leading international provider of healthcare services, has launched an informative white paper on the challenges around serialisation titled “Product…
10th July 2015
Evaluate and BIA’s UK Biotech: A 10 Year Horizon – 2014 and 2015 Setting New Records in UK Biotech Financing via Capital Markets and Venture Capital
UK biotech has raised >£2.4 billion and presents better longer term financing compared to the US, better seed financing required to retain innovation According to a new report from life…
10th July 2015
Wales Technology Seed Fund passes £1 million milestone after first year
A Welsh Government fund specifically created to invest in technology start-ups and IP-rich university spin-outs in Wales has invested £1.2 million in nine Welsh technology start-ups creating 28 jobs in…
7th July 2015
Sharp Clinical Services expand facilities in Crickhowell, UK
Sharp Clinical Services, part of UDG Healthcare plc, (LON: UDG), the leading international provider of healthcare services, has expanded its storage and packaging facilities in the UK by an additional…
7th July 2015
Medical software developer Time for Medicine seeks crowdfunding boost
A spin-out from the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff is hoping to secure a £300,000 investment to commercialise its software designed to eliminate the need for millions of NHS…
1st July 2015
Acuitas Medical receives FDA clearance for fineSA® software
Acuitas Medical Ltd, a developer of analysis software for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has received market clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its fineSA…