2nd April 2012
UDL Free IP Workshops in Cardiff city centre
UDL Intellectual Property are offering free lunchtime workshops in the city centre to anyone who wishes to learn a little more about intellectual property and its impact on business, or…
30th March 2012
UK biobank holding data on 500,000 people opens to researchers
30 March 2012 Last updated at 01:07 The UK Biobank, the most comprehensive health study in the UK, is opening its doors to researchers. It has collated about 20TB (terabytes)…
30th March 2012
£40million Wales SME Investment Fund Opens For Business
Published Thursday, March 29, 2012 – 10:00 by The Information Daily Business Minister Edwina Hart announced today the new £40million Wales SME Investment Fund which is designed to create up…
29th March 2012
Self-healing plastic mimics skin
By JOHN VON RADOWITZ TUESDAY 27 MARCH 2012, The Independent A skin-like plastic that “bleeds” when cut or scratched and then heals has been developed by scientists. The material could provide…
27th March 2012
ASTUTE: Funding for Environmental Management and/or Equality & Diversity
ERDF funded support for developing your organisation’s Environmental Management and / or Equality & Diversity Systems and Strategies Click here to download the programme flyer Corporate image, financial savings and compliance with…
26th March 2012
10% and 44% MediWales member discount on all MedilinkUK products
MediWales can now pass on a 10% discount to its members when purchasing Medilink UK products and services at www.medilinkuk.com, including exclusive healthcare market intelligence and business boosting leads. For…
26th March 2012
Oxford Innovation to boost Welsh Lifescience
By Kerry Tailor Smith, Laboratory News, 23 March 2012 The Welsh Government has appointed Oxford Innovation to deliver the High Potential Starts programme, which will assist start-up and early stage…
26th March 2012
Boots moving its innovation work out of Swansea University centre
By South Wales Evening Post Saturday, March 24, 2012 HEALTHCARE giant Boots is closing a multi-million pound innovation centre at Swansea University. The Boots Centre for Innovation (BCI) will close at…
22nd March 2012
Life Sciences company Cyden catches Edwina Hart’s attention
South Wales Evening Post Wednesday, March 21, 2012 A SWANSEA firm expecting massive growth over the next five years has received a visit from Business Minister Edwina Hart. Cosmetic technology…
22nd March 2012
UK Budget’s support for Life Science Industry
by Rhodri Evans, Western Mail Mar 22 2012 Business leaders yesterday welcomed the cut in corporation tax, but voiced disappointment over the lack of infrastructure investment for Wales in the…
21st March 2012
India – Webinar on Healthcare Opportunities
UK Trade & Investment India healthcare team is organising a free webinar on business opportunities in Indian on Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 10 AM GMT. WHO IS IT FOR UK…
20th March 2012
New $317M biotech fund takes off at Wellcome Trust
by FierceBiotech, March 20, 2012 The U.K’s wealthiest charity has blueprinted big plans to back fledgling therapeutics and diagnostics companies with a brand new £200 million ($317 million) fund. And the…
16th March 2012
Latest Funding Opportunities
NIHR Funding There are a number of calls currently open including i4i Product Development Awards, i4i Challenge Awards, Research for Patient Benefit Call, and Applied Health Research in Surgery. Deadlines for each call vary,…
14th March 2012
Have your say! Hands-on skills training workshops for SMEs – training needs survey
Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through Interreg programme (www.winss.org), WINSS will create project-based training opportunities and run hands-on skills training workshops for SMEs in Chemistry across the…
12th March 2012
Merlin founder backs Welsh biotechs
Merlin founder backs Welsh biotechs By John Murray Brown, The Financial Times Professor SIr Chris Evans will join Edwina Hart, the Welsh Government minister for business, enterprise, technology and science,…
12th March 2012
Welsh Government announces
Darren Devine, Wales Online, Mar 12 2012 PLANS will be unveiled today to lure the world’s leading scientists to Wales with a £50m windfall to boost their salaries and research…
7th March 2012
Carwyn Jones US mission: ‘Wales is open for business’
Continue reading the main story on www.bbc.co.uk First Minister Carwyn Jones says he will tell the United States’ tourism, defence, car and life science industries that Wales is "open for business"….
5th March 2012
What will “super hospitals” mean for Wales?
What will “super hospitals” mean for Wales? By Carys Hepworth, Wales Online Mar 4 2012 As the campaign to keep services at Aberystwyth’s Bronglais gathers pace, Wales on Sunday…
5th March 2012
Wales needs “brilliant science” says biotech entrepreneur Sir Chris Evans
Wales needs "brilliant science" to build a better country, says nation’s top biotech entrepreneur Sir Chris Evans by Robert Llewellyn Jones, Western Mail Mar 2 2012 Wales needs a mix…
1st March 2012
Aberystwyth University – Commercialisation and Consultancy Services: March’s MediWales Featured Member
Aberystwyth University has a breadth of internationally recognised research activity incorporating fields relating to life sciences and human health. This expertise and know-how, combined with specialist facilities, underpins the…