Antimicrobal product company SteriTouch, who are based in Blaenau Gwent, are to launch two new products aimed at adding new properties to plastics. Insider Media reports SCOPIC gives metal detection and X-ray visibility to rubbers and plastics, while Konduct gives plastics conductive and heat dissipative properties. Both have been developed since the company moved into … Continue reading SteriTouch launches two new products

Bond Digital Health, a Cardiff-based digital health company has received £68,583 from Innovate UK. Insider Media reports the grant, awarded as part of Innovate UK’s Precision Medicine competition, will allow Bond Digital Health to develop a new wearable technology product for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The device will help them monitor their … Continue reading Bond Digital Health receives Innovate UK funding

Cardiff based marine biotechnology company Jellagen has announced the appointment of Thomas-Paul Descamps (TP) as Chief Executive Officer. MediWales reports Thomas-Paul Descamps joined the company and was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on April 17th 2018. After ten years working sales and marketing roles at GSK and Eli Lilly he joined Actelion … Continue reading Jellagen appoints Thomas Paul-Descamps as new CEO

EKF Diagnostics has announced a new product training video for UltraCrit is now available. UltraCrit is a CLIA waived haematocrit analyser with high accuracy measurement for blood donor screening. UltraCrit uses a unique technology, developed in the US. It is the first and only haematocrit/haemoglobin device to feature ultrasound. Using the highly accurate ultrasound method … Continue reading EKF releases new UltraCrit training video

Takara Bio USA, Inc. (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.) teamed up with smartphone diagnostics specialists, Novarum DX, to develop an integrated, mobile platform which detects and quantifies recombinant lentivirus in packaging cell supernatants. Novarum’s next generation diagnostic technology transforms a smartphone into a test reader to rapidly deliver accurate results without the need for large … Continue reading Takara launches lentivirus test using smartphone app

Melbourne-based life science research and development company, Medical Ethics, has announced a direct investment of over £3m in Wales over the next three years, making Cardiff its new base in the northern hemisphere. Medical Ethics develop products that alleviate pain and minimise suffering associated with wounds and surgical procedures in animals. As a UK hub … Continue reading Medical Ethics announces £3m investment in Cardiff

Abingdon Health, a tenant at the University of Birmingham’s bio-incubator, is developing a rapid diagnostic test for bovine mastitis, a common and serious health problem in dairy cows, which has an estimated £14-23bn impact on the global dairy industry. Mastitis is usually caused by bacterial infection in the cow’s teats or udder. It reduces the … Continue reading Abingdon Health to develop test for mastitis in dairy cows

Bond Digital Health, a Cardiff company which produces cloud based apps to fill the gaps between patient visits for healthcare professionals, has received a £200,000 equity investment. Insider Media reports the investment comes as part of a planned £1m funding round, with Severn Seed Finance advising. Bond Digital Health is based at the Life Sciences … Continue reading Bond Digital Health receives £200K seed funding

DTR Medical have announced their sterile single use Cervical Rotating Biopsy Punch now has a new top jaw stronger than titanium and four times the strength of the previous jaw. The new generation biopsy punch is the latest evolution in DTR Medical’s gynaecology range and has been designed in conjunction with leading healthcare professionals to … Continue reading DTR’s cervical rotating biopsy punch now 4 times stronger

Smartphone diagnostic specialist, Novarum DX, has been accredited with ISO 13485:2016 certification for Medical Device Quality Management Systems (QMS). Novarum DX transitioned from ISO 13485:2003, the internationally recognised Medical Device Quality Management System standard, to the new ISO 13485:2016 standard with zero non-conformances, ahead of the transition deadline in March 2019. To achieve certification, Novarum … Continue reading New ISO standard secured for Novarum medical device