14th October 2020
Reacta Biotech Making Progress On Peanut Diagnostic Product
Deeside-based Reacta Biotech is on course to secure a market authorisation for its peanut diagnostic product within the next two years as global activity to treat peanut allergies accelerates. Reacta…
8th October 2020
Newport, Wales Laboratory Goes Live as First Lighthouse Lab featuring PerkinElmer’s COVID-19 Solutions
Company’s RT-PCR kits and workflow solutions will help to significantly increase capacity of the UK’s testing program WALTHAM, Mass. – October 8, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader…
8th October 2020
UK Government Orders One Millions COVID Tests From Consortium
Dr Mario Gualano The UK Government has ordered one million Covid-19 tests from a consortium which includes Crumlin-BASED BBI Solutions. This first order of lateral flow antibody tests (AbC-19) from…
8th October 2020
Student Matt says Covid-19 taught him what it really means to be a nurse
When Swansea University nursing student Matt Townsend was given the opportunity to join the NHS frontline at the height of coronavirus crisis, he knew just what he had to do….
7th October 2020
Health Technology Wales Announces Scientific Advice Service for Tech Developers
Health technology developers can optimise their plans with help from Health Technology Wales (HTW). The independent and national organisation, set up by the Welsh Government, has launched the new HTW…
6th October 2020
Cardiff Biotech Company Invests £2.5m in Eco-Friendly Solution
A Cardiff-based research company has launched a new range of eco-friendly pond and lake treatments worldwide following two years and £2.5million in innovative research and development, trials and testing. Genesis…
5th October 2020
EKF Diagnostics set for record month
Cardiff-headquartered EKF Diagnostics is on track for a record month thanks to growth from its core business and continued demand for Covid-19 sample collection kits. The company said that a…
5th October 2020
Clinical Coding Not Getting the Profile it Needs Within NHS Wales
The current pandemic provides a real opportunity to raise the profile and secure improvements to a function that underpins the data upon which the NHS relies Clinical coding continues…
5th October 2020
NHS Test and Trace: The development behind the COVID-19 app
The day after the release of the NHS England and Wales COVID-19 contact tracing app, Ian Bolland spoke to Wolfgang Emmerich, CEO, Zühlke Engineering, the developer behind the app. After…
1st October 2020
Over 10 Million Downloads of NHS COVID-19 App
People in Wales and England have given an overwhelming response to calls for them to download the new NHS COVID-19 app, with over 10 million people downloading it so far,…
1st October 2020
GE Healthcare Launches New Ultrasound AI Software
GE Healthcare launches new Voluson SWIFT ultrasound system with industry first auto recognition tools that incorporate the AI technology of Intelligent Ultrasound Intelligent Ultrasound (AIM: MED), the artificial intelligence (AI)…
1st October 2020
£140m of New Support for Welsh Businesses
The Welsh Government is making an additional £140m available to businesses to help them deal with the economic challenges of Covid-19 and the UK’s impending exit from the EU. The…
30th September 2020
Forth founder named Health & Wellbeing Entrepreneur of the Year
Sarah Bolt wins Health and Wellbeing Entrepreneur of the year for Wales at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The category is new for 2020 and recognises those making a real…
29th September 2020
Jellagen® announces collaboration with Mayo Clinic
Jellagen has entered into a license agreement for an exclusive grant to patent rights with Mayo Clinic for the development in treatment of vocal cord paralysis.22nd September 2020
£20m AgorIP Project Investment to Boost Innovation in Wales
The AgorIP Project which has helped the Welsh economy and innovation in west Wales to prosper over the last four years, has been extended to benefit all of Wales, with…
22nd September 2020
Health Tech Firms Solutions Go Live at Welsh Health Board
Health tech company DrDoctor has built on its strong presence in Wales, announcing its solutions are going live for patients of the Hywel Dda University Health Board. With DrDoctor services…
22nd September 2020
MedTech Develops App For COVID-19 Test
A Welsh medtech specialist has developed a companion app for a Covid-19 test that could soon help world governments and health agencies manage and control the coronavirus pandemic. Cardiff-based Bond…
22nd September 2020
Safety-critical alerts are changing at the MHRA
The MHRA will now issue all safety-critical alerts for medicines and medical devices that require action as National Patient Safety Alerts The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is…
22nd September 2020
Study to help improve health, education and wellbeing of children in Wales launched
Researchers at the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research, funded by Welsh Government through Health and Care Research Wales, have launched a study to help inform how to improve health,…
17th September 2020