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

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

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting Starfish Labs Ltd to develop Covid-19 apps for people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to adapt living skills required to stay safe. Society has been forced to accept a new way of living in the face of coronavirus. Blanket policies introduced to ensure the health and wellbeing of … Continue reading Starfish Labs develops Covid-19 app for people with special educational needs and disabilities

BBI Solutions’ patented Novarum️ technology transforms a smartphone into a diagnostic test reader, empowering users to read and share the results of rapid tests from the point of care. Their pioneering technology can be used with minimal training, connecting patients and doctors, field workers, lab researchers and primary care clinicians to specialist practices as part … Continue reading How BBI Solutions Novarum️ Mobile Diagnostic Platform is revolutionising diagnostics

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting Concentric Health to develop a solution for remote consent to treatment during and following the Covid-19 pandemic. Concentric Health digitally transforms the paper process of giving consent for treatment, a process that is currently done on paper and is a poor experience for both patient and clinician. Concentric’s digital consent … Continue reading Concentric Health develops a solution for remote consent

A Cardiff based research company has launched a new range of eco-friendly pond and lake treatments worldwide following two years and £2.5m in innovative research and development, trials and testing. MediWales reports Genesis Biosciences developed its new Evogen Pond and Lake range which works synergistically with both the environment and local ecology to tackle contaminants … Continue reading Genesis Biosciences invests £2.5m in eco-friendly solution

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting Primepac Solutions Ltd to develop dual capability equipment to produce sachets and wipes in response to Covid-19. There has been a large increase in the requirement for sachets and single use wipes during the current pandemic. This project will develop capability to manufacture single use alcohol wipes for hands and … Continue reading Primepac producing sachets and wipes in response to coronavirus

A Welsh pharmaceutical company has revealed plans to raise approximately £10m to help it continue to develop a new product. Insider Media reports Diurnal Group, who listed on AIM, will look to secure £8m through a conditional placing and a further £2m through an open offer. Cardiff based Diurnal is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated … Continue reading Diurnal to raise £10m

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting Tru-Plas Limited, trading as Planet 2 Creations, to develop a reusable face mask. Business Wales says this project involves the implementation of a development and manufacturing process to manufacture reusable face masks to N95 standard in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. Tru-Plas will design and manufacture a … Continue reading Tru-Plas develops reusable face mask in response to the coronavirus pandemic

A specialist laboratory in Newport which will help boost the UK’s Covid-19 testing capacity has officially opened. WalesOnline reports the lighthouse lab, based at Imperial Park, aims to process twenty thousand tests per day by the end of this month. The facility began processing its first samples on October 5th and has created two hundred … Continue reading Wales’ first Lighthouse Lab is now open