Cellesce, a Cardiff-based life sciences company, has completed a six figure funding round led by Finance Wales, to support its research (Insider Media, 2017). Cellesce is a biotechnology company that has developed new bioprocessing technology for the growing and expansion of organoids. Organoids are derived from stem cells and grown in a lab. They are … Continue reading Cellesce completes six figure funding round

London-based company FundamentalVR has created a training simulation that allows surgeons to see their patient in virtual reality and perform knee surgery with a stylus that gives haptic feedback, so that they can feel the different layers of tissue (New Scientist, 2017). The simulation is designed for surgeons who must learn how to properly inject … Continue reading Virtual syringe to help train surgeons

Law firm Greenaway Scott has secured an alternative business structure (ABS) licence (Insider Media, 2017). The licence was granted to the company by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and allows it to operate within a multi-disciplinary group structure, providing other professional services alongside its legal activity. Greenaway Scott will continue to trade as a law … Continue reading Greenaway Scott secures alternative business structure licence

A new app has been developed to help people with acquired brain injuries in Wales live independently by assisting them with everyday tasks such as cooking and making hot drinks (MediWales, 2017). MASCOT is being put together by SymlConnect Ltd, with support from Wrexham Glyndwr University, after Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board identified a need … Continue reading App to help people with brain injuries live independently

The Proteus ONE, the first proton beam therapy system to be delivered in the UK, will be installed and maintained by IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) at Proton Partners International’s first oncology centre, The Rutherford Cancer Centre, South Wales (Proton Partners International, 2017). Proton Partners International, which is building a series of oncology centres known … Continue reading Construction milestone for proton beam therapy centre in Newport

Sharp Clinical Services, part of UDG Healthcare plc, has announced a £9m investment to fund a new multiple phase pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging and distribution facility in Rhymney, Caerphilly (Sharp, 2017). The investment, which includes £500,000 from the Welsh Government, will enable the company to satisfy increased demand for Phase III clinical and commercial services. The … Continue reading Sharp announces £9m investment in European Clinical Services Centre of Excellence

A Welsh company has launched a new education and training platform for surgeons (BusinessNewsWales, 2017). Talbot Green-based Hospital Innovations, the UK’s leading supplier of specialist products for use in orthopaedic, surgical and corrective procedures, has created the “Skills Academy” to provide surgeons with five training and educational initiatives. The aim of the Skills Academy is … Continue reading Skills Academy launched for surgeons

Getting better drugs to market faster, and at a fraction of the cost, is a step closer thanks to technology for speeding up the testing process, which is being developed by a Swansea University spin-out Moleculomics (Swansea University, 2017). Moleculomics has been developing comprehensive platforms of computer generated models for protein structures in the human … Continue reading Moleculomics helps get effective drugs to market quickly and cheaply

A new research centre to identify manufacturing processes of the future has opened at the Sony UK Technology Centre (UK TEC) in Pencoed (MediWales, 2017). The facility has launched the Advanced Manufacturing Research Operations Centre (AMROC) in a collaborative partnership with Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation. The project will pioneer processes focused on the … Continue reading Sony open new research centre in Pencoed

Proton Partners International has announced plans to build a new £35m cancer treatment centre in Liverpool (Proton Partners International, 2017). The cancer centre will be built in the new £1bn Paddington Village, part of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter (KQ). It will be one of four centres built by Proton Partners International in the UK and will … Continue reading Proton Partners International announces new cancer centre in Liverpool