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

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting McKLords Ltd to develop hand sanitiser and disinfectant in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Business Wales reports Project Sursol was launched in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Sursol is an alcohol free anti-bacterial product range of sanitisers and disinfectants and the objective of Project Sursol is to fully develop McKLords’ … Continue reading McKLords developing hand sanitiser and disinfectant

Intelligent Ultrasound Group moving its group headquarters to the newly refurbished Hodge House in Cardiff city centre. Insider Media reports owner Legal & General has undertaken a refurbishment and rebrand at the 110,000 sq ft, eight storey grade II listed office building. The ornately detailed Portland stone façade with sash windows, originally inspired by the … Continue reading More details revealed about Intelligent Ultrasound’s new HQ

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting Quay Pharmaceuticals Ltd to develop three innovative new products to address the Covid-19 pandemic. For the first part of the project, Business Wales reports Quay Pharma aim to develop a prolonged action viricidal hand sanitiser, so that hands remain virus free over extended periods of time and so obviate the … Continue reading Quay Pharma developing new products to address the coronavirus pandemic

The UK Government has entered into a contract with Abingdon Health, on behalf of the UK-Rapid Test Consortium (UK-RTC), for the supply of the AbC-19 Rapid Antibody tests. As part of the contract the UK Government has placed its first order for one million Covid-19 rapid antibody tests. This first order is part of the … Continue reading BBI Solutions confirms UK Government contract for UK-Rapid Test Consortium

Penarth based EKF Diagnostics is on track for a record month thanks to growth from its core business and continued demand for Covid-19 sample collection kits. Insider Media reports EKF said a significantly improved performance in the core business based on October orders, together with the PrimeStore MTM Covid-19 sample collection device, meant revenues and … Continue reading EKF Diagnostics set for record month

GE Healthcare has launched a new Voluson SWIFT ultrasound system with auto recognition tools that incorporate the AI technology of Cardiff based Intelligent Ultrasound. Insider Media reports the Voluson SWIFT features SonoLyst, an integrated AI tool that recognises the twenty views recommended by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology mid-trimester practice guidelines … Continue reading Intelligent Ultrasound’s AI technology utilised in new healthcare system

Jellagen has entered into a license agreement for an exclusive grant to patent rights with Mayo Clinic for the development in treatment of vocal cord paralysis. Vocal cord paralysis (VCP) is an injury to one or both recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs), which control most of the muscles of the larynx. This results in paralysis of … Continue reading Jellagen announces collaboration with Mayo Clinic

A Birmingham based medtech company has secured £250,000 in new funding from the Welsh Government to manufacture a device which can shield NHS staff and carers from Covid-19 and other infections. BusinessLive reports AerosolShield, which is based on the University of Birmingham’s research park, will use the capital to help it develop and scale production … Continue reading AerosolShield secures Welsh Government funding for protective tent

Welsh Government Innovation is supporting Bee Robotics Ltd to develop a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detector. Following the current crisis there will be a continuing need for surveillance for both “herd immunity” using antibody testing and for active carriers using nucleic acid based technology using mouth and nose swabs. Business Wales reports Bee Robotics … Continue reading Bee Robotics developing coronavirus PCR detector