20th December 2021
Bond Digital Health secures £1 million funding boost
Leading Wales-based medtech firm Bond Digital Health has secured a further £1 million cash injection to support its plans for growth.17th December 2021
Rutherford Health Secures Loan Agreement
Rutherford Health, an operator of cancer treatment centres, has received commitments for £10m of new funding. Schroder UK Public Private Trust plc (SUPPT) has engaged with certain other shareholders in…
16th December 2021
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital launch market-leading Pathpoint® platform for their patient management, referral triage and PROMs
‘Leading Orthopaedic Care, Together’ Open Medical Ltd is delighted to announce an exciting new launch of their Pathpoint® platform at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH). This launch…
14th December 2021
Public Health Wales uses Seegene assay to discriminate Omicron and Delta
Public Health Wales is using Seegene’s Allplex SARS-CoV-2/Flu A/Flu B/RSV Assay and Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Variant Assay to help with the nation’s fight against SARS-CoV-2. Seegene’s Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay is a new…
14th December 2021
College-Health Board Partnership Training Next Generation of North Wales Nurses
The future of North Wales nursing is in good health following the development of an innovative partnership between Coleg Cambria and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Sixteen learners from the…
10th December 2021
Research into the health and wellbeing of young people takes centre stage at Evidence into Practice Symposium
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on young people across Wales, affecting their education, health and wellbeing. Research aiming to improve the lives of young people was the…
9th December 2021
Wales to play major role in UK-wide antiviral study into new treatments for COVID-19
People in Wales at increased risk of severe COVID-19 could take part in UK-wide study investigating how antiviral tablets, taken at home, can help reduce the severity of the virus, speed up recovery and avoid the…
8th December 2021
USW Launches Academy to Drive Healthcare Transformation
The University of South Wales (USW) has launched a Digital Transformation Intensive Learning Academy to develop leaders in health and social care to deliver more effective and efficient services to…
8th December 2021
Glucose Republic Raises £500,000 Investment Round to Build the First App Focused on the Impact of Food
Glucose Republic (GR) today has raised a £500,000 investment round from leading equity investors Deepbridge Capital and the Development Bank of Wales, to build the world’s first system focused on…
7th December 2021
First plant-derived Covid vaccine trial studied in Wales found to be 75.3% effective for human use
Welsh volunteers were one of the first in the world to receive the Medicago Covid-19 vaccine (CoVLP) which has been found to be 75.3% effective against COVID-19 of any severity…
7th December 2021
Harvey Appointed As Chair of Development Bank-Backed Firm
Cardiff Airport chair Wayne Harvey has been appointed to the same role at a Development Bank of Wales-backed transport logistics specialist. Freight Logistics Solutions is currently experiencing a time of unprecedented…
7th December 2021
MediWales Awards 2021 Photographs
Check out the photographs from the sixteenth annual MediWales Innovation Awards, held on the 2nd of December. The Innovation Awards celebrate success stories in the life science and health technology sector.7th December 2021
Swansea clinical psychologist wins award for Outstanding Contribution to Research Delivery
Dr Zoe Fisher, consultant clinical psychologist from Swansea Bay University Health Board, has won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Research Delivery at the Advancing Healthcare Awards (AHA) Cymru 2021. The AHA…
6th December 2021
New updates to UK amendment tool
The Health Research Authority and the devolved administrations have updated the UK amendment tool in line with existing guidance for changes to the Investigator Brochure (IB). The latest version of…
5th December 2021
Record level of investment sees 15% increase in training places for healthcare professionals in Wales to help support pandemic response
Record levels of more than £260m will be invested in training healthcare professionals in Wales in an effort to help the NHS respond to the pandemic and challenges in the…
3rd December 2021
Study supported by Wrexham volunteers publishes COVID-19 Booster data
Six COVID-19 vaccines are safe and boost immunity for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech, results from the UK-wide COV-BOOST trial show. The world-first study, for which Public…
3rd December 2021
MediWales Innovation Awards 2021
Welsh health technology and life science sectors celebrates successful innovation The winners have been announced for the sixteenth annual MediWales Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements across the Welsh life science and…
1st December 2021
Health-Tech Collaboration to Bring Jobs to Swansea
Swansea University Medical School’s Healthcare Technology Centre has announced a research collaboration with sensor and medical diagnostic company Zimmer and Peacock, which could bring jobs to Swansea. The three-month research…
1st December 2021
Patients in Wales can play a key role in understanding long Covid
Long Covid patients, and those involved in their care, can take part in life-changing research studies to help find new treatments for the condition. A new report from the Wales COVID-19 Evidence…
30th November 2021
USW launches academy to drive healthcare transformation
The University of South Wales (USW) has launched a Digital Transformation Intensive Learning Academy to develop leaders in health and social care to deliver more effective and efficient services to…