Proton Partners International announces new cancer centre in Liverpool
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
Ultrawave announce management buy out
Ultrawave is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed a management buy out from its former Managing Director, John Melville (MediWales, 2017). Based in Cardiff, Ultrawave has over twenty seven years experience in the design and manufacture of precision ultrasonic cleaning equipment. It supplies a diverse range of customers in many industries in the … Continue reading Ultrawave announce management buy out
Start-up hopes to revolutionise physiotherapy
Virgilio Bento hopes to transform the way patients who have had a stroke or an accident recover (Reuters, 2017). He was inspired to do something after his brother had to go to Cuba twenty years ago to receive cheap physiotherapy as he recovered from a life threatening car crash back home in Portugal. Now, after … Continue reading Start-up hopes to revolutionise physiotherapy
Dad designs and 3D prints arm for his son using XBox scanner
A father from Anglesey has designed a 3D printed arm for his two year old son, using a £20 XBox scanner (WalesOnline, 2017). Former psychology lecturer Ben Ryan developed his own patented hydraulic system to help his son, Sol, who lost most of his left arm following an injury at birth. The system, inspired by … Continue reading Dad designs and 3D prints arm for his son using XBox scanner
Proton Partners to name new cancer treatment centres after the man who identified the proton
Proton Partners International has announced today it will name its clinics the Rutherford Cancer Centres (WalesOnline, 2017). The centres will offer patients a comprehensive range of cancer treatments and, from 2018, will be the first in the UK to offer high energy proton beam therapy. The oncology centres have been named to reflect the Nobel … Continue reading Proton Partners to name new cancer treatment centres after the man who identified the proton
Advanced Medical Solutions testing surgical superglue stick
A medical superglue developed by Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS) for surgeons to use in operations instead of sutures or staples could be on the market for the first time as early as next year (The Telegraph, 2017). The AIM listed, Cheshire-based maker of wound dressings and surgical equipment, developed the glue, called Liquiband Fix8, at … Continue reading Advanced Medical Solutions testing surgical superglue stick
Frontier Medical announces Canadian distribution deal
Frontier Medical Group has announced a major new distribution contract with Joerns Healthcare in Canada (MediWales, 2017). Under the new deal, Frontier will distribute its Repose range of pressure injury prevention products through Joerns Healthcare in Canada. Joerns Healthcare is one of North America’s leading providers of acute and post-acute health care products and services … Continue reading Frontier Medical announces Canadian distribution deal
New test reaffirms performance criteria for EKF’s Quo-Test
EKF Diagnostics has announced that in a newly published paper its Quo-Test point-of-care haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) analyser has again been confirmed to meet International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) performance criteria (EKF Diagnostics, 2017). Using sigma-metrics data modelling, scientists from the European Reference Laboratory for Glycohemoglobin demonstrated that Quo-Test easily met IFCC … Continue reading New test reaffirms performance criteria for EKF’s Quo-Test
Two drug therapies that could cure all forms of tuberculosis
Two new drug therapies may be able to cure all forms of tuberculosis, even the ones most difficult to treat (New Scientist, 2017). TB Alliance is coordinating trials of the two treatments. The organisation’s president, Mel Spigelman, said “We will have something to offer every single patient. We are on the brink of turning TB … Continue reading Two drug therapies that could cure all forms of tuberculosis
Further funding for bedside sepsis test
University of Liverpool spin-out Sepsis Limited has secured further funding support to test a point of care diagnostic tool for the early detection of sepsis (University of Liverpool, 2017). SBRI Healthcare has awarded Sepsis Limited £100,000 for the first phase of testing a working prototype of a hand held device that will be used at … Continue reading Further funding for bedside sepsis test
