With the support of the Welsh Government, Welsh companies will be exhibiting at FIME, the Florida International Medical Expo, the largest medical trade fair in the Americas, next week. Jellagen, based in Cardiff, will be exhibiting at FIME for the very first time, showcasing their next generation collagen products sourced from jellyfish for application in … Continue reading Welsh companies exhibiting at FIME

SymlConnect has launched DynaForms+. Syml DynaForms+ is a dynamic solution for all clinicians attached to EMIS GP practices, which SymlConnect believes will revolutionise their access to historical records and collecting information, especially while visiting patients at home. It provides a fully EMIS integrated solution with secure offline healthcare record and forms access on the go. … Continue reading Mobile solution to improve clinical efficiency

Blackwood Embedded Solutions has won a bid to partner in the development of a novel medical point of care test (POCT) device (MediWales, 2017). Blackwood Embedded Solutions, a Caerphilly-based software and electronics design business, was selected by Monmouth-based biotech company Invitron to collaborate in the development of the new product. Invitron is one of six … Continue reading Blackwood Embedded Solutions and Invitron partner to develop POCT device

Pre-tax profit has grown at skincare products business Dr Organic in the year following its takeover by NBTY (Insider Media, 2017). The latest results also cover the acquisition of new Swansea headquarters. The company, founded in 2008 by Steve Quinn and Fred Whitcomb, makes a range of natural skincare products including Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo, … Continue reading Profits up at Dr Organic

MedaPhor Group, a Cardiff-based provider of ultrasound training simulators for medical professionals, sold its first ScanTrainer in India to Indira IVF (MedaPhor, 2018). IndiraIVF, a group of private fertility clinics, purchased three ScanTrainer Transvaginal training simulators to meet the growing ultrasound training demands of its twenty two fertility centres across India. The group plans to … Continue reading MedaPhor makes first ScanTrainer sale in India

Proton Partners International has received planning permission to build a £35m cancer treatment centre in Liverpool (Insider Media, 2017). The proposed centre is earmarked for a site in the new £1bn Paddington Village scheme, part of Knowledge Quarter Liverpool. The Liverpool oncology centre, which will be known as the Rutherford Cancer Centre North West, aims … Continue reading Proton Partners gets planning permission for Liverpool cancer treatment centre

PCI Pharma Services has announced a significant expansion of its serialisation capability at its Hay-on-Wye site (PCI Pharma Services, 2017). The suite installation increases the site’s serialisation capability to support PCI’s clients in advance of meeting the implementation dates of the European Falsified Medicines Directive (EU FMD). The highly flexible technology delivers machine and human-readable … Continue reading PCI expands serialisation in Hay-on-Wye

Medical products and technologies company ConvaTec Group has struck a major deal to acquire US business Woodbury Holdings from MTS Health Investors for an enterprise value of $120.5m (£92.5m) (Insider Media, 2017). Woodbury is an independent national distributor of incontinence and catheter-related supplies, and also provides an array of nutritional, enteral feeding and vascular compression … Continue reading ConvaTec acquires Woodbury Holdings

Frontier Medical Group, the specialist medical device manufacturer, has announced the launch of its new UK Toto rental business in partnership with Drive Devilbiss Healthcare (MediWales, 2017). Designed to complement Frontier Medical’s existing capital sales, the new business offers the opportunity for customers to rent the Toto Automated Patient Turning platform, and will allow clinicians … Continue reading Frontier Medical launches UK Toto rental business in partnership with Drive Devilbiss

Two firms in Wales are hoping they can help offer new solutions to tackle bedsores (BBC News, 2017). Treating wounds caused by issues such as pressure ulcers costs NHS Wales £600m, 10% of its annual budget. Across the UK the bill is about £4bn. Paula Lawrence, a specialist nurse at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, … Continue reading Two Welsh firms using technology to tackle bedsores