Welsh Government Innovation is supporting FSG Tool and Die Ltd to scale up the production of visor frames for frontline staff in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Business Wales reports FSG, in collaborations with Swansea University, responded to the urgent need to develop certified, safe visors that were effective and quick to manufacture. Through design, … Continue reading FSG Tool and Die scales up production of visors

Life Sciences Hub Wales have announced the appointment of Dr Rhodri Griffiths as their Innovation Adoption Director. MediWales reports he joins the Hub after serving as a member of its’ board for the last three years. He has held senior management roles in the commercial and voluntary sectors and worked extensively with the public sector … Continue reading Life Sciences Hub Wales appoints new director for innovation adoption

Volunteers are needed to take part in a clinical trial of a vaccine against coronavirus in North Wales. The BBC reports preliminary testing has been completed and showed promising initial results on antibody levels in healthy volunteers. It will now be tested on nine thousand volunteers across eighteen regions around the UK including Wrexham. Betsi … Continue reading Volunteers wanted for Covid-19 vaccine trial in Wrexham

Cytiva has announced the official opening of its new manufacturing laboratory to support its Lyo-Stable lyophilisation services for genomics and diagnostics assay stabilisation at its Centre of Excellence in Cardiff. MediWales reports the new laboratory offers increased capacity, with an additional new freeze drier and a separate, dedicated humidity controlled kitting area. With three dedicated … Continue reading Cytiva expands contract lyophilisation capacity with new lab

Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services Vaughan Gething has issued a written statement on the genomic analysis of Covid-19 lineages. He writes “Through SAGE and the Technical Advisory Group, the Welsh Government receives updates on the genetic makeup of the virus that causes Covid-19. The insights that come from studying the very building blocks … Continue reading Genomic analysis of Covid-19 lineages in Wales

A report published by Health and Care Research Wales reveals the impact of research for patients living with conditions such as Huntington’s, post traumatic stress disorder and breast cancer as a result of major collaborations in Wales. The report, Making a difference: The impact of health and social care research in Wales, also highlight the … Continue reading Reports show health and care research in Wales brings significant benefits

Melanie James, from Cardiff, received a transfusion of monoclonal antibodies at University Hospital Llandough as part of the Recovery clinical trial. The BBC reports she was breathless and receiving oxygen but said she felt “much better” after receiving the treatment. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said the trial was in its “very early stages”. … Continue reading First person in Wales to receive the same antibody treatment for coronavirus as Donald Trump

New real time analysis demonstrating the spread of Covid-19 in Wales has directly informed the One Wales response to coronavirus. MediWales reports the modelling demonstrates the value of a real time spatio-temporal inferential mapping platform for public health efforts during the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. The project has prototyped and delivered data infrastructures … Continue reading Geospatial modelling to predict coronavirus prevalence at community level

A top scientist who works for the body responsible for organising the pilots has said different vaccines will be trialed across parts of Wales “very soon”. About five hundred volunteers in the Gwent area have already taken part in trials of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The BBC reports the … Continue reading More coronavirus vaccine trials in Wales “within weeks”

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. Insider Media reports Reacta expects Nestlé Health Sciences’ $2.6bn acquisition of Aimmune to accelerate demand for food allergy diagnostics as the California based biotech business … Continue reading Reacta Biotech making progress on peanut diagnostic product