MediWales Directory 2011

Annual Review & Directory 2011

Annual Review & Directory 2011

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Benefits of promotion

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Events Preview 2011-12

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Structure & Management

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Activity Summary

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Introduction Our Annual Review and Directory summarises the last 12 months’ activity and puts forward our goals for the year ahead.

This edition marks the beginning of the publishing year for the MediWales Review, which features information about our member companies and key life science industry developments.

The Review has two main functions: it provides our readers with up-to-date information about our diverse and growing sector and offers a platform for organisations within Wales to promote their products and services.

If you have a product, project, or research activity that you would like us to write about, please get in touch.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Jess Fisher Editor

7 Schooner Way, Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4DZ Tel: 029 2047 3456 www.mediwales.com Email: Gwyn Tudor Forum Manager: gwyn.tudor@mediwales.com Debbie Laubach Project Manager: debbie.laubach@mediwales.com Jessica Fisher Communications Manager: jess.fisher@mediwales.com Ruth Campbell Project Coordinator: ruth.campbell@mediwales.com

The Benefits of Promotion MediWales has been a hive of activity over the past year and we’re delighted to tell our members how we’ve been representing them.

Since “Economic Renewal: A New Direction” was published last summer, within the Welsh Government a new Department for Business, Enterprise and Technology has emerged.

MediWales has been building relationships within this department’s Life Sciences team to ensure our members’ interests remain at the forefront of their activity. Our aim is to remain the voice of Welsh life science industry and point of contact for members in this new political landscape, in order to support continued growth and collaboration.

Building on this heightened need to represent our members, in March 2011 we launched our new MediWales website. The new look and feel reflects our step up in promoting members’ innovations through our daily updated News page. We are encouraging all members to send us their press releases and news items to be published online and ‘tweeted’ through our MediWales Twitter account.

In addition, our Opportunities page lists all funding calls; competitions; requests for speakers, case studies, collaborators; and recruitment, R&D, skills and training, and networking opportunities within Wales, nationally and internationally for members and the wider Life Sciences sector to take advantage of.

Our Events page lists all MediWales events and external events from national bodies such as The Technology Strategy Board, including the HealthTech and Medicines KTN, UK Trade & Investment, and from our regional Medilink UK partners.

We update these pages daily so that members can keep abreast of current sector developments and plan their yearly events calendars.

MediWales is not only representing its members’ interests in Wales. Debbie and Jess from our team attended IBIZ and the NHS Expo in London in March 2011 to learn more about the restructuring of the NHS in England and promote our members to a UK audience.

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Promoting Welsh members on a UK platform is supported through the UK Lifescience Industry magazine. This publication is produced by MediWales on behalf of Medilink UK – a network of regionally based organisations working to grow the economic impact of UK Life Sciences. Within this magazine, sector wide issues are discussed and commented on by Life Science experts, clusters of excellence are represented, and the best innovations across the UK are reviewed.

This year, winners of three of our 2010 MediWales Innovation Awards went on to become finalists at the Medilink UK Awards, with Chromogenex Ltd winning the national Export Award. Our members were able to promote their innovations to the other Medilink organisations and the winners presented to a national audience through an allotted slot at the UKTI IBIZ conference.

Looking internationally, in November last year MediWales attended the Medica trade show in Dusseldorf alongside the Welsh mission - organised by the Welsh Government - and produced the accompanying Medica Special magazine, showcasing these delegate companies.

At the Arab Health trade show in Dubai in January, MediWales organised for member MedaPhor and Flexicare Medical to meet with Lord Darzi during his tour of the exhibition, highlighting the innovative medical technologies Wales has to offer.

Following from the shift in structure within the Welsh Government from geographicallyfocused to sector-specific departments, MediWales is pleased to be working with the new Life Sciences team, having briefed them on the sector, its needs and opportunities.

Advising this life sciences team on their strategy will be the newly established Life Sciences Sector Panel headed up by biotech entrepreneur Professor Sir Christopher Evans.

A truly significant development for MediWales, our Forum Manager Gwyn Tudor was selected to join this panel providing a direct means to convey industry needs to decision makers.

The Life Science sector’s new priority status in Wales has sparked off several interesting developments. For instance, the Chief Scientific

Advisor is writing a new science policy for Wales. Through engagement with his office, MediWales is able to put forward Welsh Industry’s case to be reflected in the policy.

In the spirit of building relationships, MediWales is continuing to collaborate with the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR). In the past year MediWales has been invited to sit on both NISCHR’s advisory Board and Academic Health Science Collaboration (AHSC) panel to assist with the development of the AHSC strategy to represent an industry perspective. Through our excellent relationship with NISCHR, we can access the appropriate channels to source the right clinical expertise relevant to our membership’s needs.

This alliance ties in well with our clinical access agenda, in which we have held several events to discuss, among several issues, medical device manufacturers accessing clinical expertise in order to bring innovations to market.

To give a potted history of this clinical access agenda, over two years ago the MediWales membership collectively identified access to clinical expertise as a key factor that would help them survive the economic down turn. MediWales responded by inviting academics, businesses and clinicians (ABC) to a series of meetings in order to discuss these stakeholders’ needs and the barriers that prevent successful collaborations.

To date, several of the assisted organisations through this initiative have had successes, illustrating the potential solutions for the wider membership. For instance, Huntleigh Healthcare have successfully worked with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Podiatry Department to develop the Dopplex ABIlity product – a device to accurately measure the ankle brachial index (ABI) – a quick and efficient way to detect peripheral arterial disease in a broad range of patients.

Flexicare have worked with Professor Judith Hall from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine to design and develop the Hall Lock a simple but highly effective system to prevent drugs being accidentally administered via the wrong route, which can prove fatal.

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This year we’ve continued to engage with other networks such as the Welsh Wound Network and the new ehi2 Innovation Centre at Swansea ILS to support the growth of these special interest groups, in order to provide our membership with additional opportunities and support.

As the financial year came to a close, MediWales delivered the speaker programme for BioWales – a 400 person conference bringing both Welsh and UK-wide speakers onto a distinctly Welsh platform. Held at the Vale Hotel just outside of Cardiff, the impressive line-up of speakers included Wales’ Chief Scientific Adviser Prof. John Harries, who claimed there was “true world class work taking place in Wales where health and life sciences are seen as a great strength.”

Professor Paul Davis, Chief Scientific Officer of Mologic and innovator of the Clearblue pregnancy test discussed “The Birth of the Modern Pregnancy Test and Diagnostic Technology”. He said: “Many of the most relevant sustaining technologies and advances are in Wales, such as Ig-Innovations sheep antibody capability and BBI’s immunodiagnostic development capability in Cardiff, in addition to various technologies being developed in the Welsh universities, where there are numerous opportunities for partnership. The Welsh Government is good at promoting and supporting such collaborations.”

This year BioWales introduced a Digital Health session, signalling the growth of this sub-sector.

David Ford, Head of the new e-health Industries Innovation Centre in Swansea, opened the

session explaining how the centre has made Wales a pioneer in e-health support.

The MediWales team were lucky enough to have an introduction to Lesley Griffiths, the new Health and Social Sciences Minister as of 13th May 2011, to discuss the priorities of the sector in Wales and put forward members’ concerns.

Now, just into the new financial year, MediWales has recently held its second Welsh Life Science Advisory Group made up of experts within academia, business, clinical and procurement environments to advise MediWales on sector-leading issues to take forward. This last meeting identified the need for a comprehensive stakeholder navigational tool, to help these stakeholders collaborate successfully in future. MediWales is working hard to take this forward.

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Events Preview MediWales’ Innovation Awards Dinner 2011 In its sixth consecutive year, our annual Awards dinner has become a key highlight in MediWales’ events calendar. The evening celebrates our members’ endeavours and achievements, showcasing best practice and the latest medical innovations. Application forms for the 2011 Awards will go out at the beginning of September, with judging taking place in early November. Winners, who will be announced at the dinner in December, will automatically qualify for the Medilink UK National Health Technology Awards, where earlier this year MediWales member Chromogenex won the National Export Award.

MediWales’ Promotional Network Through the brand new website and e-shot newsletter launched in March 2011, MediWales is promoting more events to a wider audience than ever before.

MediWales has joined LinkedIn, and is ‘Tweeting’ promotions of both internal and external events within Wales, the UK and internationally, keeping you up to date with the latest in life sciences.

MediWales’ Core Seminars Each of our forthcoming seminars will focus on current topics or areas of interest for the life sciences sector. The content and style of these seminars are influenced by requests from the membership and the regional and national networks which we work with.

THIS YEAR’S UPCOMING EVENTS:

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UPCOMING MEDIWALES EVENTS: Academic Collaboration with Industry – 24 June 2011 Finance and IP - Sep 2011 Members Showcase – Oct 2011 MediWales Annual Awards Ceremony – Dec 2011 International Trading – Jan/Feb 2012

UPCOMING EXTERNAL EVENTS Advamed – September 26-28, 2011 AdvaMed 2011 is the premier MedTech Conference for CEOs, business executives, policy-makers, financiers, media, and industry stakeholders from around the world.

With over 1500 delegates, this event brings together policy-makers, experts, and insiders for critical dialogues on subjects ranging from regulatory affairs and reimbursement to IP and business development. To register, please go to www. advamed2011.com

Medica – 16 – 19 Nov 2011 Medica is the world’s leading exhibition for the medical sector. Each year it draws in excess of 137,000 visitors from over 100 countries. Over the years Wales has established a significant presence at Medica, showcasing innovations in healthcare and medical devices. A Welsh mission is yet to be confirmed for 2011. Interested companies are advised to contact Welsh Government’s Business Information Centre on 03000603000.

Arab Health – 23 – 26 Jan 2012 The Arab Health Exhibition & Congress is the largest healthcare exhibition in the Middle East, and the second largest in the world. Arab Health is viewed as a mustattend global event in the healthcare calendar. Established 35 years ago, it provides a platform for the world’s leading manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to meet the medical and scientific community in the Middle East and beyond.

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Structure and Management The Team: Gwyn Tudor, Forum Manager: Responsible for strategic direction, business planning and lobbying roles with Welsh and UK bodies.

Debbie Laubach, Project Manager: Responsible for project management, events, financial administration and the life science advisory group.

Jessica Fisher, Communications Manager: Editor of the MediWales Review and UK Life Sciences Industry Magazine; responsible for membership services, the MediWales website, events organisation and market research projects.

Ruth Campbell, Project Coordinator: Responsible for advertising and production of the MediWales Review, membership services, the MediWales website, events organisation and market research projects.

Directors Mr Greg Baily – MediWales Chairman, Arjo Huntleigh (Part of the Getinge Group) Huntleigh designs, manufactures and globally distributes a wide range of medical devices.

These include pressure relieving surfaces, wound treatment, bedframes, patient monitors, DVT prevention, lifts and hoists.

Dr Paul Michael, GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a world leader in medical diagnostics and life sciences. Focussed on enabling molecular medicine, the company works through business areas in diagnostic imaging, protein separations, consumables and cellular technologies.

Dr Catherine Ramsay, 3M Microbiology 3M Microbiology in Bridgend is a leading manufacturer of rapid hygiene testing and microbial screening products for use in a wide range of manufacturers from food to toiletries, and for other applications including hospital hygiene and biodetection systems for defence agencies.

Andrew Thomas, Rogue Resolutions Ltd Rogue Resolutions is a collaboration between Rogue Research Inc (Brainsight), and neuroConn GmbH (DC-STIMULATOR, NEURO PRAX and THERA PRAX), providing integrated equipment solutions for neuroscience. Their portfolio of services and products already includes a range of ‘best-in-class’ devices.

Dr David Ford, Swansea School of Medicine The School of Medicine at Swansea University is Wales’ new second medical school. It runs as an innovative graduate entry medical programme, and undertakes a wide range of biomedical, clinical and population research, supported by high-performance supercomputing.

Professor Paul J Smith, School of Medicine, Cardiff University The Cancer Biology and Biophotonics group encompasses basic cellular research, systems biology anticancer drug discovery and leads the UK Optical Biochips Consortium, developing micro- and nanotechnologies for the life sciences.

Observers Bev Luchmun, Industry lead NISCHR The National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR) is the Welsh Government body that develops, in consultation with partners, strategy and policy for research in the NHS and social care in Wales.

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Annual Review Summary Mission: To be the representative body and point of contact for the medical and life science sectors in Wales.

Objectives: To provide a forum for networking and encourage the exchange of ideas, collaboration and supply chain development between businesses, academia, NHS and government agencies.

To promote members’ products, services and expertise.

To raise awareness of regulatory issues, vendor associations and finance opportunities for members.

To aid communication between members and interested organisations worldwide.

To work with the Welsh Government and other bodies to identify and address the needs of the sector.

Membership: 129

Representation on UK Boards

Industry: 64 NHS/Business Support: 44 Academic: 21

Welsh Government

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Website – Re-launch March 2011

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Visits per month: 1260 (up from 860) growing year on year

Publications MediWales Review: 3 x 2000 (2000 no. People distributed to) Annual Review and Directory: 1 x 2000 Medilink UK Review: 2 x 10,000

MediWales Events MediWales Members Showcase Finance – Surviving and Growing MediWales Innovation Awards Life Sciences Advisory Panel Meeting Clinical Access – Route to Market Life Sciences Advisory Panel Meeting Total Event Attendance

No. of Attendees 49 41 207 26 53 23 399

Joint and Collaborative Events BioWales Conference, Welsh Government

l NISCHR AHSC - Industry Advisory Task and Finish Group

UK Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - Office of Life Sciences Bioscience & Health

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Technology Database Industry Advisory Group

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Regional Representatives’ quarterly meetings

UK Government UKTI l Regional Representatives’ quarterly meetings Medilink UK

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Welsh Wound Network

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Management Committee

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E-health Industries Innovation Centre Steering Group

Swansea University

Swansea University: Partners for Life Science Cardiff University, School of Medicine - Innovation and Engagement: Technologies in Translational Research and Development: Opportunities and Challenges

University of Wales

l Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarship - Industry Panel

Welsh mission to Arab Health conference, 24 – 27 Jan 2011, Dubai - 11 companies Welsh mission to Medica 17 – 20 Nov 2010, Dusseldorf Medilink UK Health Technology Awards, March 2011

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3M Abel & Imray Aberystwyth University - Commercialisation & Consultancy Service Acuitas Medical Ltd Alere Connected Health Ltd Applied Enzyme Technology Ltd Arjo Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd Arloes Medical Ltd Awen Consulting Axiom Manufacturing Services Ltd Bangor University - School of Chemistry BIC Innovation Ltd Bilcare GCS (Europe) Ltd BioMonde (a trading name of ZooBiotic Ltd) Biotec Services International Biotech PharmaFlow Ltd Boots Centre for Innovation Bristol University - Clinical Biotechnology Centre Bristol Urological Institute Broomfield & Alexander Cal2Cal Europe Ltd Calon Cardio Technology Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Cardiff Medicentre Cardiff University - CBS Cardiff University - CITER Cardiff University - MEC Cardiff University - RACD Cardiff University - School of Medicine Innovation and Engagement Cardiff University - Wales Anaesthesia Innovation (WAI) Cardiff University - Wales Research and Diagnostic PETIC Cardiff University - Wound Healing Research Unit Care-Wipes Catalyst Venture Partners Cedar Cellpath Cerebra Chapman Molony Chromogenex Technologies Ltd Contact Innovation ConvaTec Ltd - Manufacturing ConvaTec Ltd - R&D Dentron Ltd DTR Medical Ltd E2L Products Ltd Ensinger Precision Engineering Ltd Excalibur Group Exopack Advanced Coatings Finance Wales Frontier Medical Fulcrum Direct Ltd GE Healthcare Geldards LLP Gen-Probe george james Ltd Giles Insurance Brokers GX Design Engineer Haemair Ltd Hugh James Hunter International Associates Ltd Hyderus Cyf. Ig Innovations Infec-Shield Infodream Ltd Invacare (UK) Ltd Isca Healthcare

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Jara Consulting Ltd Kodit Database Ltd Marks & Clerk MedaPhor Ltd MEDDEV QA Ltd Medicon SD Ltd Melys AFS Ltd Morvus Technology Muscagen Ltd Neem Biotech Ltd Nightingale Care Beds Ltd Norgine Ltd Orthos Ltd Patent Seekers Ltd PDR (National Centre for Product Design and Development) Penn Pharma Pinnaderm Ltd Promove UK Ltd Protherics UK Ltd, a BTG International group company Pulse Medical Technologies Ltd Q Chip Rogue Resolutions Ltd Ruskinn Technology Ltd S3 Systems Ltd Shakerscope Ltd Simbec Research Ltd Sony UK Technology Centre St. Davids Assemblies Ltd Sterilin Ltd (Now Thermo Fisher) Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory Swansea University - Advanced Professional Training in Bioscience Swansea University - Complex Fluids Swansea University - ILS Swansea University - Centre for Nano Health Swansea University - School of Medicine Synergy Health Laboratory Services Ltd Synidor Teamwork Technology Services Teamworks Design and Marketing Tenovus The Magstim Company Ltd The Operating Theatre Journal Third Wave Business Solutions - 3WBS Time for Medicine Trojan Electronics TrusTECH® UK Healthgateway Ltd Ultrawave Ltd United Aerospace Ltd University of Glamorgan - Commercial Services University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) - Cardiff School of Health Sciences UPG Global Manufacturing Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Venalink Vital Smile Systems Waterside Consulting Watts Gregory LLP Welsh Government - Life Sciences Team Wentwood Medical Ltd Withers & Rogers LLP Wynne-Jones, Laine and James LLP xénos - Wales Business Angel Network Ltd Zarlink Semiconductor

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Directory 2010 3M The Science Park Technology Drive Bridgend Glamorgan CF31 3NA Tel: 01656 641 400 Web: www.3m.com/microbiology Email: ukmicrobiology@mmm.com

3M Microbiology, in Bridgend, is a leading manufacturer of rapid hygiene testing and microbial screening products for use by dairy, food and beverage manufacturers, personal care and toiletry manufacturers. The products are also used in other applications including hospital hygiene, monitoring biocide treatment of industrial waters and in biodetection systems for defence agencies.

The Bridgend manufactured products are part of a wider portfolio from 3M Microbiology which includes PetrifilmTM sample ready plates for enumeration of microorganisms, TecraTM pathogen test kits and a range of sample handling and media products.

Abel and Imray 23 Windsor Place Cardiff CF10 3BY Tel: 029 2034 7030 Web: www.patentable.co.uk Email: ai@patentable.co.uk

Abel & Imray is a leading firm of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys handling all aspects of intellectual property including patents, trade marks and designs. We have expertise in all fields of medical and related technology. Our team of biotechnology and chemistry specialists has particular experience in diagnostics, gene therapy, drug delivery systems, protein engineering, pharmaceuticals and combinatorial chemistry. We have extensive experience of medical devices, including mechanical, optical and electronic medical devices. Our professionals have particular skills in the protection and exploitation of intellectual property relating to those fields, as well as experience in management and development of intellectual property portfolios.

Aberystwyth University - Commercialisation & Consultancy Service Visualisation Centre Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 3BF Tel: 01970 622 385 Web: www.aber.ac.uk/en/ccs Email: ccservices@aber.ac.uk

Aberystwyth University offers a breadth of research activity. Access to University technology and expertise is provided by Commercialisation and Consultancy Services (CCS) who offer an interface to businesses and other external organisations with an interest in research and development opportunities, consultancy, licensing and technology transfer in: plant breeding, animal science & nutrition, pharmaceuticals & agrochemicals, microbiology, parasitology, food quality, diagnostic & analytical sciences, environmental management, proteomics, genomics & metabolomics, visualisation and healthcare imaging.

Activity includes consultancy, contract research, continued professional development and training, and collaborative Research.

Acuitas Medical Ltd Technium One Kings Road Swansea Waterfront Swansea SA1 8PH Tel: 01923 828 167 Web: www.acuitasmedical.com Email: ptaylor@acuitasmedical.com

Swansea based Acuitas Medical is in the final development (pre-market approval) stage of a proprietary Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based technique - Fine Structural Analysis (fineSA™). fineSA™ is a novel software tool that provides information on anatomical structures relevant to a variety of disease states, including early stage liver and lung fibrosis, plus a wide range of cancers, including breast and prostate cancer. Human and animal studies have demonstrated that fineSA™ can detect small early changes in various pathologies creating the potential for a wide range of novel pathology specific diagnostic imaging tools that can be implemented on any existing MRI platform. fineSA™ will allow for an entirely new paradigm in diagnostic imaging, providing information on disease and treatment effectiveness at an anatomical scale and speed superior to any existing in-vivo method. Acuitas Medical’s virtual biopsy software tools can be readily installed on any clinical or preclinical imaging system without modifications or additional hardware.

Alere Connected Health Ltd @ Wales Digital Media Initiative Saint Line House Mount Stuart Square Cardiff CF10 5LR Tel: 029 2044 4795 Mobile: 07876712021 Web: www.hometelehealthltd.co.uk Email: david.muxworthy@alere.com

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Alere Connected Health Ltd is a telehealth organisation specialising in the provision of managed services and telehealth technology for remote health and social care monitoring of patients with long-term conditions in a setting of their choice.

Alere Connected Health Ltd through its service and technology provision addresses the stated policy and strategic requirements of Government Departments in Health, Social Services Care and Housing regarding plans for; independent living initiatives, reducing hospital admissions, enabling early hospital discharge, addressing bed blocking issues and improving care pathways. Alere Connected Health Ltd is aimed primarily at delivering significant cost savings (between 30% and 70%) to health and social care providers whilst improving the quality of life of the public and patients. From its unique proactive UK based Care Centre, ACH’s clinical staff are able to deliver monitoring services for a host of divergent technologies. The centre is staffed by fully qualified clinical staff from a range of nursing backgrounds and provides the holistic service 365 days a year.

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Applied Enzyme Technology Ltd The Gwent Group Monmouth House Mamhilad Park, Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HZ Tel: 01495 750 505 Web: www.gwent.org/Aet/ Email: guido@gwent.org

Applied Enzyme Technology Ltd (AET) was established in 1994 with core expertise and patents in protein stabilisation, which has resulted in the successful stabilisation of many enzymes and antibodies in a number of medical biosensor devices. AET in partnership with Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd are able to develop and manufacture biosensors for diagnostic, healthcare and point-of-care applications. Sensors being developed for clients include: glucose, cholesterol, creatine, ammonia, pyruvate, organophosphates, alcohol and cardiac markers. The Gwent Group of companies are capable of manufacturing up to 500,000 sensors per annum.

Arjo Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd Diagnostic Products Division Unit 35 Portmanmoor Road East Moors Cardiff CF24 5HN Tel: 029 2048 5885 Web: www.arjo.com Email: sales@huntleigh-diagnostics.co.uk

Huntleigh, a member of the Getinge group of companies is a leading global provider of innovative and high quality medical equipment for healthcare professionals. The Diagnostic Products Division can proudly boast world leading brands such as Sonicaid, Dopplex and Smartsigns, covering healthcare requirements in obstetrics, vascular assessment and patient monitoring. The ISO 9001-accredited site at Cardiff is the largest manufacturer of foetal monitors in the UK and its position has been strengthened with the introduction of portable foetal monitors, monitors with telemedicine capabilities and electronic viewing and archiving systems. The Smartsigns Brand of Patient Monitors compliment the Obstetric and Vascular business enabling us to offer complete solutions to medical professionals world-wide. The site also offers expertise in electronic components and software that support product lines throughout the entire group.

Arloes Medical Ltd 60 Maes Y Capel Pembrey Camarthenshire SA16 0EG Tel: 01554 835 047 Web: www.arloes.com Email: ghowe@arloes.com

Arloes Medical Ltd was set up to design and develop medical produce devices in 2007. We are currently working on a number of projects and are looking for licensing and / or manufacturing opportunities for these exciting new products.

Awen Consulting Technium 2 Unit 4, Kings Road Swansea SA1 8PJ Tel: 01792 485 540 Web: www.awenwales.com Emial: m.heuberger@awenwales.com

Awen Consulting is the consulting arm of Awen Cymru, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Wales. Awen Consulting provides a range of project managed services to the Medical Device community through the University’s key Assets: • Product Design (Electronic, Software, Mechanical) • Range of Core Research Services • Clinical Services • Product Approval Advice • Specialist Market Research • Manufacture Partnering

Axiom Manufacturing Services Ltd Technology Park Newbridge Newport NP11 5AN Tel: 01495 242 130 Web: www.axiom-ms.com Email: davidd@axiom-ms.com

Located in South Wales, Axiom Manufacturing Services is a highly flexible, customer focused, UK Contract Manufacturing (CEM) Company delivering to the medical sector. With many years experience of PCB assembly, electro-mechanical assembly, full product box-build and other value added services, Axiom delivers value throughout the supply chain helping to lower your total acquisition costs. Whilst being specialists in automated drug delivery systems, laparoscopic surgery and vital signs monitoring equipment Axiom has the capabilities and facilities to offer a complete outsourced manufacturing solution to its medical customers. From design support to after sales, extensive test capabilities, a strong quality culture, whilst supported by our teams ‘can do’ attitude, Axiom typifies a world of excellence in contract manufacturing.

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Bangor University - School of Chemistry Deiniol Road Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW Tel: 01248 382 383 Web: www.chemistry.bangor.ac.uk Email: h.tai@bangor.ac.uk

Research in the School of Chemistry at Bangor University has a reputation for excellence and covers a wide range of multidisciplinary areas including nanomaterials, sensors for drugs and explosives, molecular electronics, biological chemistry, polymer chemistry, heterocyclic and carbohydrate chemistry and other synthetic chemistry. A significant proportion of our current research is at the life science interface. For example, we have been developing therapeutic biomolecules and biomacromolecules as intrinsic drugs and/or as carriers/devices for drug delivery and tissue engineering. These include the development of synthetic mycolic acids as potential therapeutic agents in the treatment of asthma and TB, the development of carbohydrate based anti-adhesives as antibiotic-alternatives, and the development of smart photocrosslinkable copolymers as injectable hydrogel materials for drug delivery and wound healing. In addition, our experimental and computational modeling studies on biological interactions and reactions are aimed at deepening the understanding of the underpinning mechanisms on a molecular level, which eventually allows a more rational design and development of pharmaceuticals. We also work on the development of synthetic approaches towards marine natural products with extensive biological activity including potential anti-cancer and anti-viral applications.

BIC Innovation Ltd Pencoed Technology Centre Bridgend CF35 5HZ Tel: 01656 861 536 Web: www.bic-innovation.com Email: info@bic-innovation.com

With offices in Pencoed Technology Centre - South Wales, Parc Menai - Bangor, and the City of London, BIC Innovation is Wales’ leading innovation services business undertaking wide ranging UK and international project work for clients. With an experienced healthcare team in NPD, strategic innovation, design, sales & marketing and performance improvement, we can help you drive your healthcare business forward.

We offer: • Strategic Innovation and Development • Marketing Research • International Sales & Marketing Management • Technology & IPR Exploitation • NPD Processes and Management • Financial Management Services • Performance Improvement • Total Project Management • Skills for Change

Bilcare GCS (Europe) Ltd Waller House Elvicta Business Park Crickhowell Powys NP8 YDF Tel: 01873 812 182 Web: www.bilcaregcs.com Email: direct-europe@bilcare.com

Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies (GCS) is a global provider of Clinical Trial Materials (CTM) services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Bilcare GCS is a business unit of Bilcare Ltd, an innovation-led solutions provider that partners with the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to improve patient healthcare outcomes. Bilcare GCS has global presence in North America, Europe and Asia. With best-in-class manufacturing plants and facilities on three continents, Bilcare GCS delivers end-to-end solutions that support a drug through the entire clinical trial life cycle. Our services for solid, semi-solid, liquid, DEA (CI-V) and biotech clinical trial materials (CTM) satisfy a broad range of requirements from preformulation research and development, manufacturing, analytical services and clinical supplies packaging and labelling to IVRS, QP services, controlled-temperature (cold chain) CTM storage, worldwide distribution and returns and destructions accountability.

BioMonde (a trading name of ZooBiotic Ltd) Units 2-4 Dunraven Business Park Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP Tel: 0845 230 1810 Web: www.biomonde.com Email: enquiries@biomonde.com

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BioMonde’s UK manufacturing facility is based in Bridgend, South Wales and produces larval therapy products for the treatment of sloughy and necrotic wounds. All products are produced in accordance with current European ‘Good Manufacturing Practice’ (GMP) requirements in a state-of-the-art aseptic facility. ‘Free range’ LarvE® and BioFOAM® Dressings are BioMonde’s core products. BioFOAM® Dressings contain larvae that are enclosed in net pouches with pieces of hydrophilic polyurethane form. The BioFOAM® Dressings can be left on a wound for up to 5 days. Each dressing is supplied in a plastic oyster as well as a paper/polythene bag which acts as a microbial barrier and is permeable to air. The ‘free range’ LarvE® are applied directly to the wound so they can seek out areas of slough or necrotic tissue. They are contained on the wound via a sterile retention net system which is CE-marked medical device also produced by BioMonde. ‘Free range’ LarvE® are supplied in a sterile container with a lid that is permeable to air and acts as a microbial barrier.

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Biotec Services International Biotec House Central Park Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3RT Tel: 01656 750 555 Web: www.biotec-uk.com Email: enquiries@biotec-uk.com

Biotec Services International Limited is a Bridgend based pharmaceutical services company specialising in the import, Qualified Person certification, labelling, assembly, storage and world-wide distribution of clinical trial supplies for Phase I to III trials and licensed medication. Biotec specialize in temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and can store and ship pharmaceutical products at ambient conditions, 2-8°C, -20°C, -80°C, and -196°C. Working to both US and European Quality standards and with regular discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), all of our procedures are managed to the highest possible standards, conforming to cGMP and other relevant regulatory standards.

Biotech PharmaFlow Ltd 12 Island Farm Close Bridgend CF31 3LY Tel: 01656 667 710 Mobile: 07718 884816 Web: www.pharmaflowltd.co.uk Email: h.rees@pharmaflowltd.co.uk

Biotech PharmaFlow are specialists in building, managing and improving clinical trial and commercial manufacturing/ distribution supply networks in life sciences. We recognise that risk is a way of life in the sector. Complex, inter-related relationships can often work together to make it difficult to compile a complete risk profile for a project or company without deep knowledge of the area. Not only in later stage development, but also where the initial ground work is done to build the basic safety, efficacy and CMC data packages for prospective partners, clients and regulators.

Through the in-depth experience of Hedley Rees, Managing Director, and an extensive network of talented professionals across drug development and commercialization, Biotech PharmaFlow can help with your value proposition to prospective investors, licensing partners and trade sale purchasers, in the areas of deal credibility, asset valuation, cash runaway and return on investment. Contact us for more information.

Boots Centre for Innovation Swansea University Institute of Life Sciences Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602 677 Web: www.bootsinnovation.com Email: info@bootsinnovation.com

Boots Centre for Innovation works closely with early stage companies or inventors to develop innovative new products and technologies within the health and beauty sectors. The principle aim of the Centre is to mentor and support these innovators through each stage of product development and eventually launch exciting new consumer products for the shelves of Boots stores. At its base in Swansea University, Boots Centre for Innovation provides business knowledge, access to a wealth of scientific expertise, advice on obtaining funding and a gateway to 2,400 Boots stores in the UK with an introducing to an international distribution and retail network.

Bristol University - Clinical Biotechnology Centre Langford House Lower Langford Bristol BS40 5DU Tel: 01873 831 529 Web: www.inets2-sw.co.uk/biomed.aspx

CBC has been producing biopharmaceuticals for clinical trials on behalf of academic and NHS sponsors since 2000. We provide translational research services to our sponsors as they progress from pre-clinical to clinical trials. CBC holds a Manufacturer’s Authorisation (Investigational Medicinal Products) granted by the MHRA in 2004, for the production of recombinant proteins and DNA plasmids. In 2007 this was extended to cover the GMP importation from suppliers outside the EU. As we are core funded by the DH through its allocation of central R&D funds to the NHSBT, our academic and NHS sponsors are charged at cost for our services.

Bristol Urological Institute Southmead Hospital Bristol BS10 5NB Tel: 01173 235 690 Web: www.bui.ac.uk Email: info@bui.ac.uk

The Bristol Urological Institute, based at Southmead Hospital, offers in vitro testing and clinical evaluation for innovative products for urological conditions. We have a team of medical, nursing, scientific and engineering experts who can advise on ideas from concept through to market adoption. Our services include the use of specialised microbiological and biological models for pre-clinical testing and the design and delivery of clinical studies for CE marking or post market evaluation. We can be engaged on a fee for service basis or as a collaborative partner. As the latter we can assist in obtaining funds for device development and testing

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Broomfield and Alexander Ty Derw Lime Tree Court Cardiff Gate Business Park Cardiff CF23 8AB Tel: 029 2054 9939 Web: www.broomfield.co.uk Email: info@broomfield.co.uk

Broomfield & Alexander are Wales’s leading independent firm of accountants and professional advisors, based in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. We provide financial and commercial services to owner managed businesses, mid to large corporates, medical practices, private clients and professional practices.

Services include: • Audit and assurance including internal, statutory and specialist audits • Business services including account preparation, book-keeping and VAT returns, company secretarial services and payroll bureau • Personal tax services such as self-assessment, P11ds, and corporation tax.

• Business development including strategic planning and profit improvement • Corporate finance including business planning, investment raising, grant finding, exit and retirement planning, mergers and acquisitions, business valuations and due diligence • Specialist tax planning such as tax restructuring and individual wealth management.

• HR consultancy on employment issues • Marketing consultancy • Independent financial advice through an Independent Financial Advisor network • New starts • International businesses • Social housing associations • Charities and not-for-profit • Professional practices • Medical practices (AISMA)

CAL2CAL Europe Ltd Room 203, Digital Technium Singleton Park Swansea University Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 614 642 Web: www.cal2cal.com Email: sooraj@cal2cal.com

CAL2CAL is a standards-based ICT company with expertise in healthcare informatics and mobile technology. The current end-to-end solution is in partnership with clinical systems providers. The solution offers seamless integration of existing disparate clinical systems and remote access via mobile devices. The intent is to provide a secured smart bi-directional up-to-date information exchange to enhance elderly and long term conditions care. The information is made available atthe-point-of-care, minimising administrative & travel time while improving preventative care with timely Alerts/Reminders following the NHS clinical pathways. The fast data exchange improves the quality of monitoring and reduces emergency scenarios offering a cost-effective solution with increased clinical time and quality of service. Mobile applications for personal health monitoring are available for patients to self-manage conditions like diabetes. Our aim is to partner with Medical Device companies, Public Health Agencies, Academics and Healthcare Trusts to develop smart bespoke applications integrated with GP systems to meet their specific needs.

Calon Cardio Technology Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602 861 Web: www.swan.ac.uk/ ils/workingwithus/ currentclientorganisations Email: kevin@caloncardio.com

Calon Cardio-Technology Ltd (Calon) is developing the next generation of implantable micro-pumps for the treatment of heart failure. Current pumps have clinically proven that heart assist pumps are a safe and effective therapy. However, these devices have so far failed to exploit their huge market potential for two reasons: current products are too large requiring highly invasive surgery and they are expensive circ 115k USD. CCTL’s technology addresses both problems and promises to realise the vision of heart assist pumps becoming the routine method of treatment for heart failure. Calon have assembled a team of world class suppliers and collaborators to take their vision to market, such as, Texas A&M, The John Radcliff Hospital Oxford , Swansea University, The Technology Strategy Board and the Welsh Government.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering University Hospital of Wales Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XW Tel: 029 2074 2014 Web: www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/864 Email: john.maisey@wales.nhs.uk

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Our clinical Medical Physics services include medical imaging, vascular (Doppler) ultrasound, nuclear medicine, bone densitometry and body composition determination. We have a dual-head gamma camera system for planar radionuclide imaging and single photon emission tomography; this incorporates an x-ray CT scanner. Other major items of equipment and facilities include a radiopharmacy (for the production of sterile radioactive products), dual-energy x-ray absorptiometers, duplex ultrasound scanners, a niche magnetic resonance imager, a whole body gamma radiation counter and a range of other radiation detectors. We have expertise in protection against both ionising and non-ionising radiation.

In Clinical Engineering we provide a wide range of equipment management services covering the life-cycle of medical and related equipment. Our mechanical engineering section designs, develops and produces medical devices to take forward collaborative research ideas in a variety of medical specialties.

We would welcome opportunities for further research and development collaborations in the above areas.

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Cardiff Medicentre Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4UJ Tel: 029 2075 7744 Web: www.cardiffmedicentre.co.uk Email: enquiries@cardiffmedicentre.co.uk

Cardiff Medicentre is a dedicated Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences company incubator, located on the University Hospital of Wales campus. The latter extends across 53 acres, provides a working base for over 4,000 people and is home to Cardiff University’s School of Medicine.

The Cardiff Medicentre was established in 1991, and was the first incubator of its kind in the United Kingdom. It provides high quality office and laboratory accommodation comprising of 32 units ranging from 27 sq m to 98 sq m.

Low-cost desk licensing facilities are also available to encourage entrepreneurs to enter the Cardiff Medicentre community whilst writing business plans and raising finance.

Cardiff University - CBS School of Medicine Henry Wellcome Building Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan CF14 4XN Tel: 029 2068 7004 Web: http://medicine.cf.ac.uk/ research/central-biotechnologyservices Email: hurleyal@cardiff.ac.uk

Central Biotechnology Services provides state-of-the-art, high throughput laboratory facilities and highly skilled technical support, enabling the acceleration of research activities, the fostering of collaboration and the realisation of research potential. Academic consultancy and training are also available should your project require it. Based in Cardiff University, CBS aims to provide its customers with an excellent, cost-effective service, offering advice, training and analysis using facilities across the broad spectrum of the life sciences. We offer competitive services to industry and academia in the following fields: Genomics – qPCR, DNA Sequencing, DNA fragment analysis, and Microarraying (Affymetrix and Illumina); High throughput assays using the MesoScale Discovery (MSD) platform; Proteomics; Biacore; Histology; Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting; Imaging; and Laser Capture Microscopy.

Cardiff University - CITER 51 Park Place Heath park Cardiff CF10 3AT Tel: 029 2087 0129 Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/citer Email: pricepe@Cardiff.ac.uk

CITER brings together life sciences and clinical expertise from Cardiff University to advance technological developments in the field of tissue engineering and repair and ultimately to improve patient care and quality of life. CITER’s three strands of activity are: interdisciplinary translational research encompassing the biomechanical, regulatory, ethical, physiologic and health service aspects of tissue engineering and repair; the provision and commercialisation of clinical service technologies; and education, training and knowledge dissemination - including an MSc in Tissue Engineering, an interdisciplinary postgraduate taught scheme which may be of interest to representatives in the healthcare sector. CITER’s range of services is potentially attractive to the NHS and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, engineering, devices and biomaterial companies.

Cardiff University - MEC Queen’s Building The Parade Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0YF Tel: 029 2087 4641 Web: www.mec.cf.ac.uk Email: manufacturing@cf.ac.uk

The award winning Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) at Cardiff University has expertise in: 3D CAD modelling of anatomical structure from CT/MRI data • Manufacturing of biomodels using rapid prototyping techniques such as SLS & SLA • Design and manufacture of personalised implants with biocompatible materials, for cranio-maxillofacial surgery such as cranioplasty and bone tumors • Production of surgical tools to meet specific surgeon’s requirements • Development of surgical training models • Generation of finite element analysis models from CT/MRI data for biochemical research.

Cardiff University - RACD 30-36 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0DE Tel: 029 2087 4837 Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/racdv Email: business@cardiff.ac.uk

The Research and Commercial Division at Cardiff University supports research, consultancy services and technology transfer activities across all academic schools and research centres. Cardiff University spends approximately £100 million on R&D annually, of which approximately 60% is in biomedical and related technology areas. The Division also supports an active programme of patenting and licensing technology and innovations to companies, the establishment of spin-out companies as well as an extensive range of consultancy and other knowledge exchange activities.

Cardiff University - School of Medicine, Innovation and Engagement Team School of Medicine Cardiff University Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XN Tel: 07595 091820 Email: hatchs@cf.ac.uk

The Innovation & Engagement Team (I&E) within the School of Medicine supports and enhances the traditional academic domains of learning and teaching and research. The activity is broad ranging and impacts positively on the School and those who we interact with.

In 2009, the School implemented an I&E strategy with the following three aims: • To be recognized as a Centre of Excellence for collaboration, knowledge transfer and translational innovations • To maximize the opportunities arising from internationally acclaimed academic expertise to inform public policy and services across the health and social sector locally and globally • To build a repository of evidence based research, information and advice accessible to national international health service providers and the wider public

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Cardiff University - Wales Anaesthesia Innovation (WAI) Heath Park Department of Anaesthetics Intensive Care and Pain Medicine Cardiff University Cardiff CF14 4XN Tel: 029 2074 4852 Web: www.medicine.cf.ac.uk/en/ departments/surgery-anaestheticsobstetrics-and-gynaecology/ anaesthetics-intensive-caremedicine/innovation-andengagement/ Email: wai@cf.ac.uk

WAI (Wales Anaesthesia Innovation) is a focus group comprising senior academics and consultant anaesthetists from the joint Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board departmental section Anaesthetics, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine. We have extensive expertise in evaluating existing medical devices used in anaesthesia and respiratory and intensive care using laboratory-based tests, user assessments and clinical trials. We have formed collaborations with the NHS and industry to develop innovative solutions to particular clinical problems, successfully attracting government grants. We can provide training and educational events incorporating a broad range of simulation scenarios. We offer help and advice to industry during the development of novel products.

Cardiff University - Wales Research and Diagnostic Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging Centre Cardiff University School of Medicine Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XN Tel: 029 2074 3070 Web: www.medicine.cf.ac.uklen/petic Email: petic@cardiff.ac.uk

PETIC is a cyclotron- based production facility which provides radiopharmaceuticals for both diagnostic and research utilising both clinical and pre-clinical PETCT scanners. PETIC provides research opportunities across the Schools of Medicine, Bioscience, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Psychology and Optometry, in addition to All Wales Research Networks. The provision of the pre-clinical PET facility will be particularly attractive to the pharmaceutical industry.

Cardiff University - Wound Healing Research Unit School of Medicine Upper Ground Floor Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XN Tel: 029 2074 8293 Web: www.whru.co.uk Email: admin@whru.co.uk

WHRU has three core activities: Specialist clinical services, Research, and Education and Training. The research work completed at the unit includes conducting clinical trials to ICHGCP standards; biological research (with a particular emphasis on microbiology and material science); physical measurement (the interface of medicine and engineering/electronics); and health services research (including HRQoL and health economics). WHRU offers an MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair as well as a range of short courses. The unit collaborates with a number of other departments within the University of Wales and is part of the Cardiff Institute for Tissue Engineering and Repair. The target markets include health professionals working with non-healing acute or chronic wounds and health care companies involved in specialist wound care.

Care-Wipes Fairhaven House Hirwaun Road Aberdare CF44 9HR Tel: 01685 810 316 Web: www.care-wipes.com Email: sales@care-wipes.com

Develop, manufacture and market disposable wet-wipe products for use on patients; medical staff; and equipment and surfaces in healthcare establishments.

Catalyst Venture Partners 2 Queens Parade Bath Avon BA1 2NJ Tel: 01225 331 498 Web: www.catvp.com Email: rjt@catvp.com

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We are a corporate finance and fast-growth advisory firm specialising in the health, environmental, media and telecoms sectors. We work with ambitious and entrepreneurial companies who are at the early and expansion stage of their development and seeking to raise between ÂŁ500,000 and ÂŁ5 million. We aim to partner with companies over the long term.

Our fees come mainly from success.

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Cedar Cardiff Medicentre Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4UJ Tel: 029 2068 2120 Web: www.cedar.wales.nhs.uk Email: uhw.cedar@wales.nhs.uk

Cedar is an NHS evaluation centre, able to support decision making in healthcare by providing information and recommendations on emerging health technologies, medical devices, diagnostic testing, healthcare interventions and NHS service configuration.

Established in 1977, Cedar has a long and successful history of evaluation for a succession of UK government funded NHS organisations. Cedar is part of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) and has recently won a major 3 year contract with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) working on their Evaluation Pathway for Medical Technologies.

In addition to their work for NICE, Cedar is able to undertake bespoke work for organisations. Recent examples include work for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Cardiff and Vale UHB and the medical device industry.

Cedar works to a quality system that is accredited to BS EN ISO 9001:2000.

Cedar has expertise and experience in: • Systematic evidence review – literature searching and critical appraisal • Project management • Stakeholder engagement • User assessments • Research projects • Standards testing for medical/consumer health devices • Volunteer studies (non-invasive) • Health economics • Report writing

Cellpath Ltd CellPath Ltd 80 Mochdre Enterprise Park Newtown Powys SY16 4LE Tel: 01686 611 333 Web: www.cellpath.co.uk Email: sales@cellpath.co.uk

CellPath Ltd specialise in the manufacture and world-wide supply of products, consumables and services for the histopathology and cytology markets.

The Human Tissue Authority licensed archive management solution, CellNass, offers a complete answer to healthcare providers by administering pathological material in a purpose built facility, thus releasing valuable time and space for other uses.

CellPath has a state of the art injection moulding capability and manufactures many of the plastic products that are used in the modern histology and cytology laboratories. The recent acquisition of further premises in Newtown has resulted in an expansion process to manufacture more products in-house, including chemicals such as stains and fixatives. The ability to sell direct from manufacture to the end user enables cost-saving without compromise on quality and service.

CellPath has a continuous improvement process built around a strong desire to maintain a high level of quality, with ISO 9001:2008 accreditation. Lean techniques are implemented throughout our operations including ‘5S’ philosophy, we are also working to achieve ISO 13485:2003 accreditation by the end of 2011. A recent audit by the HTA declared that the CellNass service is of the highest possible standard.

Cerebra 2nd Floor Offices Lyric Building King Street Caramarthen SA31 1BD Tel: 01267 244 212 Web: www.cerebra.org.uk Email: rossh@cerebra.org.uk

Cerebra is a charity helping brain injured children. It set up its Innovation Centre in conjunction with the Swansea Metropolitan University to provide a research and design service to help children, parents and carers find specialist equipment and adaptations that are not already available to buy. The Innovation Centre is made up of a small team of young and talented engineers and designers who are able to respond to requests to adapt or design and build specialist equipment. We have expertise in the areas of electronics, design and engineering. We also work with a range of industry partners and other charities in the development of products. This means we are able to make and test products to the highest possible standards.

Chapman Molony Cardiff Business Technology Centre Senghenydd Rd Cathays Cardiff CF24 4AY Tel: 029 2009 9999 Web: www.chapmanmolony.com Email: cardiff@chapmanmolony.com

Chapman Molony are Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys with offices in Cardiff and Swansea. They are able to provide advice and assistance relating to the protection and enforcement of all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, copyright and designs. Chapman Molony’s technical expertise lies in the field of engineering, electronic and medical technology but work relating to other technical areas can also be handled. In addition to assisting clients in protecting their intellectual property, Chapman Molony offer in-house consultancy services and can undertake audits to identify protectable intellectual property, including new technology, trade marks, house-styles, brands, designs and copyright.

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Chromogenex Technologies Ltd Units 1-2 Heol Rhosyn Dafen Park Llanelli SA14 8QG Tel: 01554 755 444 Web: www.chromogenex.com Email: dgmorgan@chromogenex.com

Design, manufacture and service of lasers and intense light systems for the health, cosmetic and beauty markets: Key products are: iLipo: a body shaping, fat reduction device without the need for pain, needles or downtime. Phaser EPL: intense pulse light (ipl) for hair removal, skin rejuvenation and pigmentation. Regenlite: a pulse dye laser for vascular, acne, skin pigmentation. Plus Fusion3DLift: for non-invasive skin rejuvenation, including systems for tattoo removal, pigmentation, vascular lesions, psoriasis, cellulite and vitiligo.

Chromogenex has established direct sales operations in the UK, with a worldwide distribution network.

Contact Innovation 7 Schooner Way Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4DZ Tel: 029 2047 3456 Web: www.contactinnovation.com Email: gtudor@contactinnovation.com

Contact Innovation is a strategic marketing consultancy. Since the company’s inception in 2003, Contact Innovation has won many contracts within the life sciences sector, several being for the Welsh Government. Contact Innovation delivers part of Welsh Government’s Business Innovation-Design programme; manages MediWales Ltd; and incorporates Teamworks Design and Marketing. Contact Innovation’s team has expertise in new product development, design, marketing and project management.

ConvaTec Ltd - Manufacturing 20 First Avenue Deeside Industrial Park Deeside Clwyd CH5 2NU Tel: 01244 584 000 Web: www.convatecglobal.com Email: joanne.graham@convatec.com

ConvaTec®’s Wales manufacturing sites are part of the GMSC network of 11 plants. The Rhymney facillity in South Wales manufactures all fibres that are sent to Deeside for textiling and packaging.

The Rhymney facillity employs c 100 people and is the Chemical Processing Centre of Excellence for ConvaTec. The Deeside facillity employs c 500 people and is the Hydrofiber® Centre of Excellence for ConvaTec®. In addition to Hydrofiber® production Deeside manufactures chronic care products to support the GMSC network. Furthermore, Deeside houses ConvaTec®’s first Visitor Experience Centre. This centre is a media space designed to interact with patients, employees and commercial partners to share knowledge and continue our drive to make a difference in people’s lives by putting our patients first.

ConvaTec Ltd - Global Development Centre (GDC) ConvaTec Limited Global Development Centre First Avenue Deeside Industrial Park Deeside Flintshire CH5 2NU Tel: 01685 846 300 Web: www.convatecglobal.com Email: jerry.hutchinson@convatec. com

ConvaTec, a leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies with four key focus areas – Ostomy Care, Wound Therapeutics, Continence and Critical Care, and Infusion Devices – has based its global wound therapeutics R&D centre in Deeside, North Wales since 1987, and employs 50 scientists and technical staff. ConvaTec GDC now focuses on innovation in all four areas. Scientists at the Deeside site have a worldwide reputation for excellence in published research on the pathophysiology of chronic wounds such as venous leg ulcers, wound microbiology, and technologies that underpin product innovation. ConvaTec scientists are frequently invited to participate in educational initiatives, international symposia, and industry working groups. Since ConvaTec’s acquisition of the Unomedical company in September 2008, Continence and Critical Care R&D has relocated to GDC, and focuses on innovations to serve the needs of health care professionals in the operating room and intensive care units.

Dentron Ltd Llys Myrddin Efailwen Clynderwen Carmarthenshire SA66 7XG Tel: 01994 419 792 Web: www.dentron.co.uk Email: admin@dentron.co.uk

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Dentron manufactures innovative electronic medical devices, including the ‘Biogun’ Electronic microbicide, which kills microorganisms (including MRSA) on skin and in dentine. It is used by chiropodists and dentists for verrucae, athletes foot, fungal nails, ulcers, tooth decay, gum disease and periodontitis.

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DTR Medical Ltd 17 Clarion Court Clarion Close Enterprise Park Swansea SA6 8RF Tel: 01792 797 910 Web: www.dtrmedical.com Email: info@dtrmedical.com

DTR Medical is an innovative medical device and cleanroom contract manufacturing company, with the ability to design, CE mark, manufacture and sterilise a wide range of medical devices and other healthcare products. DTR Medical’s custombuilt facilities include a versatile ISO class 7 cleanroom complex, operated by a highly trained team. Experienced in the manufacture and packing of many medical devices used in ENT, Vascular Neurology, Orthopaedic and General Surgery, DTR Medical can also handle design files and CE marking. The company already contract manufactures a wide range of custom built products for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic industries. Fully equipped to handle Nelipack thermoform blisters, flow wrapping, and shrink wrapping and vacuum packing. The facility also has specialist expertise in handling liquid filling of medical devices and related products.

E2L Products Ltd 19 White Swan Court Priory Street Monmouth Gwent NP25 3NY Tel: 01600 714 856 Web: www.e2l.uk.com Email: info@e2l.uk.com

Engineering product designers with electronic, mechanical and industrial design skills, providing consultancy design services, joint venture development and proprietary products. Focussed on design simplicity, alternative thinking and functional necessity. ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Track record of product development collaboration with NHS. Owners of ‘MegaBee’ frequent use writing tablet for extreme motor loss and spinal trauma sufferers. R&D resource for new products/inventions requiring electronic and mechanical engineering inputs, product rescue and ongoing development. Expertise with portable systems, battery operated, low power systems, wireless communications.

Products are all sold through third party agents or joint venture partners; consequently non-market sector specific. Actively involved in various health areas including AAC, anaesthesia, urodynamics, orthopaedics.

Ensinger Precision Engineering Ltd Wilfried Way Tonypefail Mid Glamorgan CF39 8JQ Tel: 01443 678 500 Web: www.ensinger.co.uk Email: precision@ensinger.co.uk

Ensinger Ltd is an international organisation and market leader in the manufacture and distribution of thermoplastics for the medical industry, which is supported by the production of precision machined components. We are committed to continued growth and are always at the forefront of technology. Ensinger Precision Engineering offers 3-, 4- or 5-axis CNC routing; 2-,3and 5-axis turning and 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling. Ensinger is constantly looking for new and unique blends of materials that can be developed for specific applications in the medical field. As certain materials become standard commodities, Ensinger intends to continually invest in research and development to lead developments in this exciting industry.

Excalibur Group Berkeley Square House Berkeley Square Mayfair, London W1J 6BD Tel: 020 7887 7642 Web: www.excalibur-group.co.uk Email: info@excalibur-group.co.uk

Excalibur Group is the medical science investment house founded by Sir Chris Evans. It has €0.5bn of funds under management and specialises in investing venture capital in the medical sciences sector.

Exopack Advanced Coatings Ash Road North Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL13 9UF Tel: 01978 660 241 Web: www.exopackadvancedcoatings.com Email: geninf@exopack.com

Exopack Advanced Coatings produces the inspire™ range of films and foams to manufacturers in the wound care, ostomy and medical device sectors. Films, foams and adhesives can be combined in a variety of ways to create novel features or brand identity. Several composites are available as part of the standard inspire™ portfolio with an added printing facility if required. Carbon-containing films that can be modified with silver or silver/silver chloride are also part of the inspire™ portfolio suitable for a variety of electrode applications including ECG, TNS, biosensors and cosmetic applications. Exopack Advanced Coatings also offers papers, films and specialty substrates for press supplies, electronics and optical technologies.

Finance Wales 3rd Floor Oakleigh House Park Place Cardiff CF10 3DQ Tel: 0800 597 4140 Web: www.financewales.co.uk/ earlystage Email: info@financewales.co.uk

Finance Wales can invest up to £1 million seed and early stage development capital per round in exciting technology-based businesses and we can invest over a number of rounds.

Our early stage team has a wealth of industry expertise and experience as well as a strong network of co-investment partners. We can work with you and potential co-investors to structure an investment that’s right for your business.

So, if you’re developing and commercialising novel IP, talk to Finance Wales.

Finance Wales specialise in investment, early stage investment, co-investment, and follow-on investment.

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Frontier Medical Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Blackwood South Wales NP12 2YN Tel: 01495 235 800 Web: www.frontier-group.co.uk Email: info@frontier-group.co.uk

Frontier Medical manufacture and market a range of medical products in four broad business streams: Sharpsafe is Europe’s leading brand of plastic sharps disposal containers. Repose is a range of inflatable polyurethane pressure redistribution devices for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, manufactured under license from the NHS. eXchange is the brand under which products are made available to organisations for harm reduction purposes amongst the intravenous drug-using community . Multigate is the brand of swabs, dressings, bandages and packs sold to healthcare organisations throughout the UK. Frontier are based at two factories in Blackwood with facilities for plastic injection moulding and welding. Core market in the UK is the NHS and private health sector although approximately 50% of production is exported, mostly to the EC.

Fulcrum Direct Ltd Cardiff Business Technology Centre Senghenydd Road Cardiff CF24 4AY Tel: 029 2064 7019 Web: www.fulcrumdirect.co.uk Email: liz@fulcrumdirect.co.uk

We provide effective business planning and marketing services designed to help companies achieve tangible results.

Specialising in small and SME companies in the biosciences and technology sectors, our mission is to provide high quality support using professionally qualified and experienced marketing associates to ensure profitable business results for our clients. You will benefit from our independent, cost effective approach to helping you understand your markets, maintain a pipeline of high quality prospects and develop an integrated approach to marketing communications which maximise your sales, whatever channels you chose.

GE Healthcare The Maynard Centre Forest Farm Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 7YT Tel: 029 2052 6421 Web: www.gehealthcare.com/uken Email: paul.michael@ge.com

GE’s Maynard Centre facility develops and manufactures reagents and reagent systems to support customer research in genomics, proteomics and cell biology. These reagents are frequently designed for use on the company’s instrument platforms. Key target market sectors are the early stages of drug discovery programmes in the major pharmaceutical companies worldwide, in particular high-throughput drug screening, metabolism and distribution studies. The facility also offers a custom manufacturing service.

Geldards LLP Dumfries House Dumfries Place Cardiff CF10 3ZF Tel: 029 2023 8239 Web: www.geldards.com Email: ceri.delemore@geldards.com

Cardiff based law firm Geldards provides a full range of legal services to clients in both the life and bio-sciences industries.

The firm’s dedicated Healthcare and Life Sciences Team has a strong track record in medical technology & know how licensing, research and development collaborations, and patent, design and trade mark infringements, which has been built from its prestigious client base including universities, hospitals including medical teaching hospitals, GP and dental practices, pharmacies, manufacturers of life and bio-science products, and medical retailers.

Gen-Probe 5 Chiltern Close Cardiff Industrial Park Cardiff CF14 5DL Tel: 029 2074 7033 Web: www.gen-probe.com Email: info@gen-probe.com

Gen-Probe Cardiff Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, USA, a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of rapid, accurate and cost-effective nucleic acid tests, used primarily to detect human diseases and screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe Cardiff Ltd manufactures these tests for sale in the European market.

george james Ltd Hotley Bottom lane Great Missenden Buckingham HP16 9PL Tel: Jayne 07977 192209; Carolyn 07801 977417 Web: www.georgejamesltd.co.uk www.pir-interims.com Email: jayne.mclaughlin@ georgejamesltd.co.uk

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george james Ltd offers Talent Management & Evaluation, Recruitment, Fundraising, Training, HR and Coaching services.

We have global reach and work extensively throughout Europe and also network into the US & Canada. We provide a broad range of cost effective services and have a background of strong partnerships. We work at a wide range of levels of recruitment from £35K to £200K. We also refer you to our alliance partner PiR Interims; they can offer you an alternative solution to some of your more challenging senior gaps. For example, a permanent solution is not a current requirement or option; where specific skills are required for a short time only; or where the permanent hire may take time to achieve through the search process.

Functionally we cover board level to team leader in general management, sales, business development, marketing, human resources, service, manufacturing, medical/clinical, regulatory, quality and R&D.

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Giles Insurance Brokers Unit 3 Magden Park Green Meadow Llantrisant South Wales CF72 8XL Tel: 0800 316 6666 Web: www.gilesinsurance.co.uk Email: paul.norman@gilesinsurance.co.uk

Giles Insurance Brokers Ltd are specialists in the lifescience sector, acting for more than 200 clients in the UK and overseas from university spin-outs to main market-listed companies, including companies involved in the research, development and supply of pharmaceutical and medtech products, CROs and related service providers. We are proud to be sponsors of both OBN and the BIA. We offer a range of specilist insurance products and services, including: global clinical trials, pharmaceutical and medical product liability, bio-medical error & omissions/professional indemnity, medical malpractice, Intellectual property litigation & protection, R&D and supply chain protection, marine and goods in transit, and Directors’ and Officers’ indemnity.

GX Design Engineers The Mayfield Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1SY Tel: 01291 673 437 Web: www.gxgroup.com Email: claire.banks@gxgroup.com

GX Design Engineers is Wales’ leading independent design consultancy offering skills in industrial, mechanical and electronic design, including ergonomics, optronics and micro fluidics. With over 20 years’ experience, GX is an exciting team with proven results in successful global medical device design and development.

We offer companies within the medical industry a holistic approach to new product innovation and development; a multidisciplinary design team, with experience in handling projects from conception through to production and implementation. We can offer a fresh perspective on your product plans and market place, delivering cost-effective awardwinning solutions underwritten with confident technical expertise. We believe that great projects are borne out of a combination of brilliant ideas, energy and a powerful personal chemistry between our teams and our clients.

The result for our clients - unique and practical solutions to their problems.

Recent and long standing clients include: PBL, AssayMetrics, Aber Instruments, Forensic Science Service, Pulse Medical Technologies, The Magstim Company and Gyrus Medical.

Haemair Ltd Unit 212, Digital Technium Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602 466 Web: www.haemair.com Email: sbrown@haemair.com

The Haemair mission is to produce respiratory aids. These range from devices that support respiration for patients with deficient lungs - via an easily reversible fully external device - to a prosthetic device that may replace human lungs. The basis of the device is a blood/air mass exchanger. This exchanger takes carbon dioxide from the blood and transfers oxygen into the blood. It is compact, portable and suitable for conscious, active patients. The devices are aimed at both acute and chronic lung conditions. In Europe and N. America alone, our device offers hope to over a million people per year who currently die of lung disease or damage. Unlike most conventional treatments for lung deficiency, the devices do not use the lungs; thus they allow deficient lungs to rest and recover, rather than forcing damaged lungs to work harder through mechanically supported breathing. Ultimately our patients should be allowed home.

Hugh James 114-116 St Mary Street Cardiff CF10 1DY Tel: 029 2022 4871 Web: www.hughjames.com Email: cardiff@hughjames.com

Hugh James provides expert corporate legal advice to companies and investors in the life sciences sector. The firm has an established reputation as a market leader having advised major Welsh institutional investors and corporates on numerous life science investments, acquisitions, intellectual property issues and commercial agreements. Our team’s approach is to give commercially focused and practical advice and to understand your business. We can add real value through our comprehensive knowledge of your sector which we have gained by advising a complete range of companies from start ups and spin-out ventures to major industry leaders and AIM listed international organisations.

Hunter International Associates Ltd Windsor Business Centre Pentre Churchstoke Powys SY15 6SU Tel: 01588 620 062 Web: www.hia-trade.com Email: jh@hia-trade.com

HIA Ltd has been working the Chinese Medical Sector for ten years and has developed relationships with a range of Chinese companies involved with manufacture, logistics, distribution, regulatory compliance, and research and development. These companies wish to co-operate with counterpart UK businesses in technology transfer. Recent initiatives by both the UK and Chinese governments have opened up many opportunities for UK products and services, particularly high technology and equipment/devices which relate to an increasing elderly community. Smaller UK companies often lack the resources, experience, expertise and contacts needed to succeed. Additionally the commitment required from senior management can affect the company’s focus on core business. The range of services offered by HIA Ltd can support market entry and development and feedback from our associates in China can help to identify specific opportunities.

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Hyderus Cyf 34 Maindee Road Cwmfelinfach Ynysddu Newport NP11 7HR Tel: 01495 200 321 Email: info@hyderus.com

Hyderus is a strategic communications consultancy specialising in: • Influencing treatment decisions and patient empowerment across Europe • Building specialist and general understanding of public health issues • Communication development and developing country health matters to policy makers, specialist audiences and the general public • Helping Welsh organisations to communicate with stakeholders in Wales and throughout the world Within these disciplines we provide strategic consulting, qualitative market research (through a partner company), commissioning and management of quantitative research, stakeholder relations and public affairs in Wales and the UK, internal communications, media and public relations in Wales and the UK, media and influencer relations in over 50 countries, and crisis planning and management.

Ig Innovations Gernos Maesllyn Llandysul SA44 5LP Tel: 01239 858 972 Web: www.ig-innovations.co.uk Email: chris.williams@iginnovations.co.uk

Ig Innovations Ltd offers bespoke antibody production and supply to the research, diagnostic, biotech and pharmaceutical sectors: from antigen design, peptide synthesis, conjugation, through to antibody purification, conjugation and assay development. We can deliver small volumes to the research customer through to large pools to satisfy assay lifetime requirements of in-vitro diagnostic customers. Ig Innovations offers a large catalogue of antibodies from high volume stocks, available in any format that the customer requires. Employing our wealth of experience we can work with customers to advise and consult on specific antibody requirements and assay development, in particular POC. Ig Innovations Ltd is an Alere Company.

Infec-Shield Ltd 26 Blodyn y Gog Pencoedtre, Barry Vale of Glamorgan CF63 1FB Tel: 01446 722310 Email: palmer.c@btconnect.com

New company set up to market and promote new appliances to minimise risk of infection in the health and social sector.

Infodream Ltd Cardiff Business Technology Centre Senghenydd Cardiff CF24 4AY Tel: 029 2064 7010 Web: www.infodream.co.uk Email: ben.allister@infodream.co.uk

Infodream has a strong history of working with the pharmaceutical and medical industries, enjoying successful collaborations with leading companies such as GE, Molnlycke, Trixel, Siomerieux, bioMerieux and many others who have joined our ever expanding client list. Our statistical process control software, SPC Vision, allows you to meet requirements of regulatory bodies such as FDA and ISO, whilst simultaneously giving your company the opportunity to reduce waste and increase productivity.

Invacare (UK) Ltd Unit 4 Pencoed Technology Park Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5HZ Tel: 01656 776 222 Web: www.invacare.co.uk Email: uk@invacare.com

Invacare’s UK operations were founded in 1856 and the company now employs over 200 people. Based in South Wales, it is ideally placed to provide the UK healthcare market with a range of products and services that meet the demands of both the public and private sectors.

Over the years Invacare UK has selected and mergerd with a number of UK manufacturers and now offers a comprehensive portfolio of wheelchairs, scooters, respiratory, beds, mattress and cushion products, lifting, bathing, and walking aids.

Invacare’s commitment to product design and quality has resulted in a comprehensive range of solutions for independence and mobility.

Isca Healthcare Hill House Belmont Hill Caerleon NP18 1JX Tel: 01633 423 641 Email: pw@iscahcr.co.uk

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ISCA HEALTHCARE RESEARCH is a specialist consultancy providing expert services in the development of medical devices, pre-clinical / clinical device development, medical device clinical trials and clinical regulatory documentation. This expertise is based on >20years experience of working with medical devices and their clinical validation in the UK, Europe and Internationally. ISCA HEALTHCARE RESEARCH has extensive experience in the following areas: medical device development and clinical validation; medical device pre-clinical / clinical trials and project management; clinical trial documentation; MHRA submissions; clinical literature reviews for regulatory submissions; pre-audit review of clinical regulatory submission documentation; medical and study report writing.

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Jara Consulting Ltd 95 Allt-yr-Yn Avenue Newport NP20 5DE Tel: 01633 784 344 Email: john@jaraconsulting.com

Jara Consulting develops and delivers bespoke programmes for technology and engineering companies to improve their sales and marketing performance: • Marketing strategy and tactics - formulation and implementation • New business sales improvement – performance monitoring, lead generation, qualification, quotation and conversion.

KPI’s, management and coaching.

• Customer and account management strategies and implementation programmes for managing, retaining and growing the customer base.

Kodit Database Ltd Evolution House First Floor, Suite Three Lakeside Business Village St David’s Park Ewloe CH5 3XP Tel: 0845 370 7706 Web: www.kodit.com Email: info@kodit.com

Kodit designs web enabled mobile medical data collection and verification applications which increases the efficiency of day-to-day medical procedures and provides clinicians with real time information crucial to the well being of their patients.

Not limited to a Hospital setting, Kodit also provides systems for care home, residential care and care in the community. All our products have been designed with the input of clinicians, nursing staff and care workers to ensure that they are both easy to use and provide demonstrable benefit to their patients/residents. We are receiving significant interest in our “Health Store Apps” from overseas and have already signed an exclusive 5-year agreement for Australia and New Zealand.

Marks & Clerk 27 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1RQ Tel: 01216 342 318 Web: www.marks-clerk.com/uk/ attorneys/contact/index.aspx?oid=3 Email: cheltenham@marks-clerk.com

Marks & Clerk LLP is the leading and largest firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in the UK. Originating in the Midlands, Marks & Clerk has a strong regional focus with an established office in Cheltenham, covering the whole of the South West and Wales. We offer a comprehensive range of intellectual property services covering patents, trade marks, designs and copyright. We are highly experienced in all fields of medical technology; with dedicated Biotech and Chembio teams having extensive experience in genetics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical implants and bio- diagnostics. Our widely acclaimed annual Biotechnology report continues to generate considerable interest from our clients and contacts worldwide as well as the media. M&C acts for all types of client, from corporations through to university spin-outs and startups, SMEs, individuals and leading academic institutions. We are consistently ranked in the top tier for patents and trade marks in the UK by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), The Legal 500 and Chambers directories.

MedaPhor Ltd Suite 4 Cardiff Medicentre Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4UJ Tel: 029 2075 6534 Web: www.medaphor.com www.scantrainer.com Email: stuart.gall@medaphor.com

MedaPhor is the UK’s leading ultrasound education and training company, producing innovative training products for postgraduate medical professionals. MedaPhor’s range of products and services includes the new award winning ScanTrainer Transvaginal Simulator, a virtual ‘real-feel’ ultrasound training simulator, which provides curriculum-based training, independent of a clinical setting. The company also sells a range of e-learning ultrasound modules and organises regular 3-day ‘hands-on’ ultrasound courses in Cardiff for obstetrics and gynaecology.

MedaPhor’s products and services are suitable for post-graduate students, gynaecologists, obstetricians, radiographers, midwives and nurses to develop critical knowledge and skills as part of their training. They are also suitable for practitioners for fulfilling their continued professional development (CPD) and for trainers, as an indispensable teaching resource for the classroom and lecture theatre.

MedaPhor is committed to creating high-quality ultrasound training systems for worldwide medical healthcare.

MEDDEV QA Ltd 5 Hillside Drive Cowbridge Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7EA Tel: 01446 774 948 Mobile: 07714 288 232 Email: medicaldevices@aol.com

Product Development Planning; Initial Quality and Regulatory Gap Assessments and Pre-assessment Audits; Part-Time Quality Management Services; Quality Systems and CAPA Training; Implementation and upgrading of Quality Systems for ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR 820 and the EU Medical Device Directives; Device Classification Queries; Preparation of Technical Files and Design Dossiers for CE marking; Liaison with Regulatory Bodies; Field Safety Corrective Action Management, EC Vigilance Reporting and FDA MDR Reporting; Liaison with Notified Bodies and other Regulatory Bodies; Internal Auditing and Vendor Quality System Auditing; Ongoing QA/RA Support; EU Authorized Representative Services for non-EU based operations.

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Medicon SD Ltd 5 St Hildas Road Barns London SW13 9JE Tel: 020 8563 0368 Web: www.medicon.co.uk Email: nigeledwards@medicon.co.uk

Medicon is a strategic transaction, business development and consulting practise founded in 2000, serving the Life Science Industries. Medicon provides tailored services on a consultancy or project basis, covering all aspects of strategic transactions, business development and strategy consulting. Projects have included leading negotiation of alliances and licensing deals, M&A, distribution planning and execution, business plans, international commercial strategy, intellectual property strategy and IP due diligence, international marketing campaigns, competitive analysis and market forecasting. Over 25 strategic transactions with majors such as Abbott, J&J, Boston Scientific, Dideco, Wesley Jessen, NOF, Rita Medical, Angiodynamics, Tripos, and also development and research agreements with companies and academia.

Melys AFS Ltd Whitland Abbey Whitland Camarthenshire SA34 0LG Tel: 01994 240 265 Email: dawoodp@aol.com

Melys AFS Ltd is a medical devices company specialising in non-invasive technologies. The company has developed an Atrial Fibrillation Screening Monitor which has undergone clinical trials both in the UK and the US. Chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest arrhythmia seen in medical practice. The detection of an abnormal heart rhythm associated with AF can be achieved in a few seconds with this monitor, and at low cost.

Morvus Technology Ty Myddfai Llanarthne Carmarthen SA32 8HZ Tel: 01558 667 182 Web: www.morvus.com Email: jphillips@morvus.com

Morvus Technology is a privately-owned company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel drugs and diagnostics for the oncology market. The Company was established in 2004 and has offices and laboratories near Llanarthe, South Wales. Morvus has a broad portfolio of technology which is focused on disease areas for which there is a clear, unmet medical need.

Muscagen Ltd 10 North Road Cardiff CF11 9BJ Tel: 029 2023 2342 Web: www.muscagen.com Email: daviesrh@cf.ac.uk

Muscagen predicts and designs selective therapeutic agents in the G Protein-coupled Receptor (GPR) area with special interest in developing alleviating agents in the fields of alzheimer’s disease, incontinence, cardiovascular disease and asthma.

Neem Biotech Ltd Unit 1, Willowbrook Technical Units St Mellons Cardiff CF3 OEH Tel: 029 2079 4796 Web: www.neembiotech.com Email: markwhite@neembiotech.com

Low cost extraction of active compounds from plants and marine life, production, research and process development.

Current products and research work: garlic; artemisinin; azadirachtin; horseradish; aloe ferox and other South African flora.

Relevant targeted market sectors (human and animal): pharmaceuticals; neutreceuticals; OTC; Animal feed additive market; Crop health and pest control. Looking to add to our current commercial relationships with companies and academic institutions, both in the UK and overseas.

Nightingale Care Beds Ltd Unit 20 Abenbury Way Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL13 9UZ Tel: 01978 668 025 Web: www.nightingalebeds.co.uk Email: info@nightingalebeds.co.uk

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Nightingale Care Beds Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of Bariatric Care Systems into the clinical sector. We have brought together a range of equipment to compliment our ProAxis Plus bariatric bed to enable the care of heavier patients with safety and dignity. We offer a 24/7 rental service with average delivery times of under 4 hours within the UK. This has recently been enhanced with our fixed price Bariatric Package scheme which offers all the equipment required with one call at one price. All products are available for sale, with stock held for immediate delivery.

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Norgine Ltd Tir-y-Berth New Road Hengoed Mid Glamorgan CF82 8SJ Tel: 01443 812 183 Web: www.norgine.com

Norgine Ltd is the UK-based affiliate of Norgine, an independent pan-European pharmaceutical company. With UK headquarters at Harefield, Middlesex and a manufacturing site at Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan, Norgine conducts an international business. Norgine employs about 600 people in the UK and a further 400 in its affiliated companies. The company markets a broad range of prescription medicines through a network of daughter companies and distributor partnerships in the UK, Ireland, the Nordic region, the Middle and Far East, South Africa, Australia and Latin America. About 80% of sales derive from products used in the treatment of gastro-intestinal illness. Research and acquisition strategies reflect our interests in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Orthos Ltd Unit 29 Technium Springboard Llantarnam Park Cwmbran NP44 3AW Tel: 01257 376 377 Web: www.orthos.com Email: info@orthos.com

The Company is focused on developing materials and devices that provide solutions for surgeons to use in the repair of skeletal defects and in the regeneration of bone. To achieve this the company works in partnership with clinicians and academia. The Company’s products are particularly suited to newly emerging surgical techniques such as the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. The Company’s core technology is based on the synthesis of orthobiologic materials which respond physiologically when implanted in the body. The Company has products approved for sale in both Europe and the USA.

Patent Seekers Ltd Suite 53, Imperial House Imperial Park Newport NP10 8UH Tel: 01633 816 601 Web: www.patentseekers.com Email: timothyparry@patentseekers.com

Patent Seekers is now the fastest growing exclusive technology research company in the UK. We provide research for many leading patent attorneys, technology companies, universities and trade journal publications in the UK and USA. We have experience in patent and non-patent literature in areas such as: • Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, eye diseases, and cardiovascular disease • Treatment of aneurysms • Treatment of various forms of cancer • Wound treatment Our client portfolio has consistently grown and we have maintained our commitment to invest in the most extensive search databases, only employ technically qualified staff, and provide flexible services that will be of benefit to you.

PDR (National Centre for Product Design and Development) PDR 200 Western Avenue Cardiff CF5 2YB Tel: 029 2041 6725 Web: www.pdronline.co.uk Email: info@pdronline.co.uk

PDR is one of Europe’s leading product development consultancies and research centres. It offers services of innovation, design and engineering development, prototyping, low volume manufacture and offshore manufacturing support.

With over 16 years of experience PDR has developed a reputation for excellence in medical device development. With a collection of over 12 international design awards in the last three years alone PDR has a proven and reliable record of delivery. We consistently create successful products and solutions for companies and organizations from around the world and across many markets. Our client base encompasses new start-up ventures to large multinationals to which we provide the unique combination of leading edge research with world class creativity, experience and application. PDR’s core efforts focus on the rapid design development of new medical products to the market place. Combining the user-insight with creative skill and engineering expertise to produce reliable, highly successful and market changing solutions.

Penn Pharma 23-24 Tafarnaubach Ind Estate Tredegar Gwent NP22 3AA Tel: 01495 711 222 Web: www.pennpharm.com Email: enquiries@pennpharm.com

Penn is a leading provider of integrated pharmaceutical development, clinical trial supply and custom manufacturing services to the international healthcare industry. Our core services include formulation and analytical development, clinical trial manufacture, labelling, packing, storage, distribution, returns and destruction, specialised contract manufacture, CMC consultancy and Qualified Person release services. Penn also offer High Containment Operations for the formulation and manufacture of highly potent substances for use in clinical trials. Penn manufactures to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and is licensed by the UK’s MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) and is FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) inspected.

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Pinnaderm Ltd Technium Springboard Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW Tel: 07743 825 013 Web: www.pinnaderm.com Email: info@pinnaderm.com

Pinnaderm Ltd is a privately held start-up biotechnology company developing innovative anti-cancer and wound care products for the animal healthcare sector. Current programs include a treatment for equine melanoma and active wound dressing that control infection and promote healing.

Promove UK Ltd 72 Geryllan Penrhyncoch Aberystwyth SY23 3HQ Tel: 01970 820 893 Web: www.promove.uk.com Email: enquiries@promove.uk.com

Promove UK Ltd design and manufacture manual handling slings to move an incapacitated person when a hoist is not available. Four variants on the design are sold to the Emergency Services (20% of UK fire services have bought, Ambulance Trusts are considering), disabled individuals, schools, theatres and sports venues.

Winner of Bronze Medal for medical device at Geneva International Inventions Salon, 2008.

Protherics UK Ltd, a BTG International group company Blaenwaun Ffostrasol Llandysul Ceredigion SA44 5JT Tel: 01239 851 122 Web: www.btgplc.com Email: info@btgplc.com

BTG are an international specialist healthcare company, developing and commercialising products targeting critical care, cancer and other disorders. We’re building a sustainably profitable business financed by revenues from sales of our critical care and interventional oncology products, and from royalties and milestone payments on partnered products.

In January 2011 we completed the acquisition of Biocompatibles International plc. This has expanded our commercial business with the addition of approved interventional oncology products, and has broadened our pipeline of internal development and partnered programmes.

Pulse Medical Technologies Ltd Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 606 670 Web: www.pulsemedtech.com Email: francis.cooper@ pulsemedtech.com

Pulse Medical Technologies Ltd design and manufacture medical devices for pain relief and wound healing.

Q Chip Oddfellows House 19 Newport Rd Cardiff CF62 3HX Tel: 029 2480 0180 Web: www.q-chip.com Email: info@q-chip.com

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Q Chip, a biopharmaceutical drug company, is developing Q-Sphera™ a range of injectable sustained-release biogeneric and biotherapy products. Q-Sphera products are biocompatible microspheres containing active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), made using Q-Chip’s patented encapsulation platform the MicroPlant™ device. The key advantages of the Q-Chip Sphera format are: • The microspheres are extremely monodispersed with a high encapsulation efficiency of API • It is API neutral • Fast and inexpensive drug development • Low cost manufacturing for biogenerics Q-Chip’s lead biogenerics products are Q-Leuprolide (primary indication for prostate cancer) and Q-Octreotide (primary indication for acromegaly). Both products are available for out licensing Q-Sphera is also highly enabling for the encapsulation of fragile proteins for bio-therapeutic use.

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Rogue Resolutions Ltd Sophia House 28 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9LJ Tel: 029 2066 0198 Web: www.rogue-resolutions.com Email: info@rogue-resolutions.com

Rogue Resolutions provides integrated equipment solutions and services within the Neuromodulation, Neurofeedback and Brain Imaging sectors. In order to achieve this we have developed an extensive portfolio of products that are engineered to function in a seamless manner, maximising the potential of these complimentary devices and offering the customer a fully integrated solution to accomplish their research needs.

Ruskinn Technology Ltd Suite 3 Technium Digital Sony Technology Centre Bridgend CF35 5HZ Tel: 01656 868 540 Web: www.ruskinn.com Email: sales@ruskinn.com

Ruskinn Technology Ltd and Ruskinn Life Sciences Ltd manufacture and market a range of anaerobic and modified atmosphere workstations to the medical microbiology and research laboratory market, as well as specifically designed new gas-controlled incubated workstations for the IVF and stem cell markets.

S3 Systems Ltd The Studio 8 Pencaerfenni Lane Crofty Swansea SA4 3SD Tel: 01792 851 744 Web: www.s3systems.co.uk Email: sales@s3systems.co.uk

S3 Systems is a firm of designers, manufacturers and suppliers of state of the art technology systems for the elderly and disabled. Our product range inclues: • Powered Window and Door Operators • Work Surface Elevator Systems • Intelligent Lighting Control Systems • Electronic Controls • State of the art technology for Care planning, Medication Administration in Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes • Storage Solutions for Disability Scooters and Wheelchairs • Parking Bay protection systems.

Shakerscope Ltd Digital Technium Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 703 491 Web: www.shakerscope.com Email: sales@shakerscope.com

ShakerScope Limited is a spin-out company set up in 2005 by two consultant anaesthetists at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital to develop the ShakerScope®: a unique compact eco-friendly battery-free light source which enables a range of essential medical instruments to be used in developing countries and difficult environments.

The ShakerScope® has wide application to general practice, hospital medicine, paramedics, disaster management, veterinary and military use; and has received international awards including the 2008 iF and Red Dot design awards. In November 2008 the directors granted exclusive license for manufacture and distribution to TimesCo Limited.

Simbec Research Ltd Merthyr Tydfil Industrial Park Cardiff Road Merthyr Tydfil CF48 4DR Tel: 01443 694 309 Web: www.simbec.co.uk Email: alan.woodward@simbec.co.uk

Simbec Research, one of Europe’s longest established CRO, provides clinical and bioanalytical contract services to the international pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Simbec conducts early clinical trials ranging from First in Human Phase I studies in healthy subjects through to Phase IIa proof of concept trials in patients, with full bioanalytical back up and related services, and particular expertise in studies involving Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Gamma Scintigraphy imaging. Simbec is a division of Algorithme Pharma which also has Phase I and Bioequivalence facilities in Montreal (Canada) and a global capacity to conduct multi-regional and multi-ethnic studies.

Sony UK Tec Centre Pencoed Technology Park Bridgend South Wales CF35 5HZ Tel: 01656 867 563 Web: www.sonyuktec.co.uk Email: uktec.enquiries@eu.sony.uk

We are the only manufacturer of Professional and Broadcast Camera Systems for Sony Corporation with a worldwide customer base located outside of Japan. We also act as a Contract Electronics Manufacturer of professional, industrial and consumer electronic devices offering the complete business solution to various market leading companies. Our facilities include: State of the art SMT facility, Poke Yoke cell assembly, test jig design capability, Award winning Service and Customer Call Centre and SCM services, DFM engineering support and EMC / EMI / Safety Approvals Laboratory.

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St. Davids Assemblies Ltd Glasfryn Road St. Davids Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA62 6RY Tel: 01437 720 555 Web: www.stdavidsassemblies.co.uk Email: sales@stdavidsassemblies.co.uk

St Davids Assemblies Ltd is firmly established as one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of complex pressings, close-tolerance plastic mouldings and assemblies. The company’s longstanding reputation for innovation and quality combined with the latest production techniques and prototype development makes it an ideal choice for any organisation seeking a manufacturing partner. From a purpose-built modern 33,000 sq ft factory in St Davids, products are distributed world-wide to customers including Bosch Siemens, Flymo, Philips, Glen Dimplex, Jaguar, Kenwood, Moulinex and Russell Hobbs.

Sterilin Ltd (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) Parkway Pen-y-Fan Industrial Estate Newport NP11 3EF Tel: 0844 844 3737 Web: www.sterilin.co.uk Email: info@sterilin.co.uk

Sterilin, now Thermo Fisher Scientific, specialises in the manufacture of single-use laboratory plastics and comprises four established product brands: Sterilin Single Use Plastics; Iwaki Tissue Culture Products; Sterilin Silicone Devices; and Sterilin Packaging Products. The Sterilin brand is synonymous with quality, reliability and user safety and offers a wide range of products for the pharmaceutical, clinical and healthcare, medical devices and industrial packaging industries. All Sterilin products are manufactured at the company’s ISO 9001:2008-accredited plant in South Wales (UK), where a commitment to the improvement in manufacturing processes and product development, and clean room and microbiological research facilities, ensures that every item is made to the highest possible quality. Our worldwide distribution network ensures access to the extensive Sterilin portfolio from all areas of the globe.

Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1RQ Tel: 01656 752 820 Web: www.smtl.co.uk Email: info@smtl.co.uk

The Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory, part of the Welsh NHS, provides a range of testing and technical services to the NHS and the medical device industry worldwide, including but not limited to: • Physical and Biological testing of disposable medical devices to National and International standards • Dressings testing (fluid handling and affinity, conformability, to BP and BS requirements) and Bandage testing to BS 7505 • Biological testing (cytotoxicity testing to ISO 10993-5, protein testing to EN455-3) • Hosiery testing to BS 6612, 7672 and 7563 and glove testing to EN 455 • Microbiological testing, including bioburden, endotoxin, barrier and antimicrobial testing (e.g., silver dressings) • Environmental monitoring of cleanrooms (to ISO 14644-1 and GMP) • Surgical instrument evaluations (single use and reusable) • Test method development, R&D and incident investigation. SMTL is UKAS accredited to ISO 17025 for test laboratories

Swansea University - Advanced Professional Training in Bioscience Wallace Building College of Science Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 295 379 Web: www.aptbioscience.swansea.ac.uk Email: info@aptbioscience.swansea.ac.uk

Advanced Professional Training (APT) in Bioscience is a new range of Swansea University accredited training courses designed to meet the needs of individuals and businesses in the Welsh Bioscience sector. Part of the ESF funded Workbased Learning programme, courses aim to equip professional learners with practical skills and specialist knowledge to enhance their existing laboratory or field skills. Courses are flexible and allow learners to select a number of complementary modules to tailor their learning to their professional roles. Our courses are also ideal for those seeking high quality Continued Professional Development. Contact us to find out more about our laboratory-based training whether your are interested in basic skills or advanced techniques for postgraduates. Training may be free to eligible companies within the Welsh Convergence Region.

Swansea University - Centre for NanoHealth Swansea University Singleton Park Sketty SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602 983 Web: www.swan.ac.uk/ engineering/nanohealth Email: nanohealth@swansea.ac.uk

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The Centre for NanoHealth (CNH) is a unique open access interdisciplinary research centre based on the application of Nanotechnology leading innovations in Healthcare.

This joint initiative between the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering & Science at Swansea University, and the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Health Board offers exciting opportunities to work at the interface between Engineering Biomedical Science and clinical delivery, through access to a wide range of academic and clinical expertise and partnerships, as well as state of the art nanotechnology and biomedical R&D facilities.

The CNH seek collaborations with industry in the healthcare, engineering, and biotechnology sectors requiring access to the state of the art facilities in the Centre for NanoHealth; or academic partners in the healthcare arena. For more details on the extensive equipment available please visit the facilities and equipment page on our website: www.swan.ac.uk/engineering/nanohealth/facilities/equipment The £21.6 million CNH project is funded through the European Regional Development Fund via the Welsh Government, Swansea University, Welsh Government Department for Health, ABM Health Board, and the private sector.

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Swansea University - Complex Fluids School of Engineering Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 295 862 Web: www.swansea.ac.uk/ chemeng/centre/home.htm Email: g.m.coss@swansea.ac.uk

Internationally acknowledged research excellence in the areas of process, chemical and biochemical engineering underpins the Centre’s engagement with industry within Wales and on a worldwide basis, in areas such bio-processing, foods processing, lubrication and filtration, by building on our expertise in colloids, rheometry and advanced surface characterisation techniques. Complementing our existing commercial activities, the Centre is now targeting engagement with the biomedical industrial sector. The Centre has a unique shared laboratory within NHS Hospital Morriston, and is developing new rheometrical approaches to monitoring and understanding blood coagulation, blood clot viscoelasticity and blood clot structure. Other bio-medically relevant areas of research include a novel polymer fabrication process that constructs porous polymer scaffolds and a collaborative project with a Welsh SME pioneering the development of an artificial lung.

Swansea University - ILS Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602 362 Web: www.swan.ac.uk/ils/Home Email: s.y.newman@swansea.ac.uk

The Institute of Life Science (ILS) is the £52m research institute of Swansea University’s School of Medicine, made possible through a unique collaboration between IBM, the Welsh Assembly Government and Swansea University. It is housed in a purpose-built facility on the University campus, adjacent to Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust’s Singleton Hospital, with state-of-the-art laboratories, a business development suite and IBM supercomputer, Blue C. The ILS houses over 200 specialists, including professor-led research groups, technology transfer experts and dedicated business support, actively seeking research collaboration and commercial engagement. The ILS is also home to the Boots Centre for Innovation.

Swansea University - School of Medicine Grove Building Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 513 404 Web: www.swan.ac.uk/medicine Email: d.v.ford@swan.ac.uk

Swansea’s School of Medicine is a dynamic environment dedicated to finding new solutions to old problems in Medicine.

The School’s research interests include: medical genetics, cancer studies, medical epidemiology, health services research, clinical trials, health informatics, reproductive biology, neurological and developmental medicine, molecular medicine & diagnostics, medical microbiology, maxillofacial research, cytochromes P450, bioinformatics, public health and population science. The EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Centre is now incorporated within the School and in collaboration with IBM, the School has a ‘Blue C’ supercomputer facility for use in medical research. The Centre for Nanohealth (a £21.6 million project announced in February 2009 and supported by The Wales European Funding Office) is a collaboration with the School of Engineering at Swansea that will deliver next generation sensors and devices for the benefit of health. It aims to assist business by providing access to its facilities and expertise.

Synergy Health Laboratory Services Ltd Gavenny Court Brecon Road Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7RX Tel: 01873 856 688 Web: www.synergyhealthplc.com Email: labservices.info@ synergyhealthplc.com

Synergy Health Laboratory Services Ltd, (SHLS, formerly JMJ Laboratories Ltd and Grendonstar Ltd) was founded over twenty years ago and provides fully accredited analytical services to clients in all industry sectors. Now a division of Synergy Health plc, we specialise in workplace drug and alcohol testing, and general pathology. We offer consultancy, formal training in drug awareness, drug policy implementation and the only UKAS accredited chain-of-custody collection service in the UK. SHLS’s™ comprehensive analytical portfolio extends to MRSA screening, virology and immunology, biochemical and microbiological environmental monitoring and substance identification.

Synidor Institute of Life Science School of Medicine Swansea University SA2 8PP Tel: 07721 856 324 Web: www.synidor.com Email: frank@synidor.com

Specialising in Patient Monitoring for immobility in beds and chairs.

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Teamwork Technology Services Tredomen Innovation & Technology Centre Ystrad Mynach Hengoed Caerphilly CF82 7FQ Tel: 01443 857 020; 08000 803 003 Mobile: 07775 991 030 Web: www.teamworkict.com Email: bwilliams@kuecept.com

Teamwork Technology Services are a leading independent Welsh based provider of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) consultancy and support solutions. We are active in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors and can demonstrate a successful track record of supporting clients through profitable growth. Our independent experienced consultants advise and help implement appropriate ICT solutions and strategies. Our tailored outsourcing service allows clients to focus on their core business, they do not have to worry about the day to day delivery or management of ICT.

Teamworks Design and Marketing 5-7 Schooner Way Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4DZ Tel: 029 2047 3455 Web: www.teamworksdesign.com Email: studio@teamworksdesign.com

Teamworks is a full service design and marketing agency. Established over 25 years ago in Cardiff, the 10 person company comprises creative designers, web developers, marketers and research specialists. Our dynamic team has extensive experience working with a range of public and private sector organisations, of which many operate within life sciences.

Service Portfolio: web, branding, print, advertising, exhibition, packaging, SEO, social media, usability, feasibility studies, campaign development and management, PR, direct mail

Tenovus Gleider House Ty Glas Road Cardiff CF14 5BD Tel: 029 2076 8850 Web: www.tenovus.org.uk Email: post@tenovus.org.uk

At Tenovus our aims are simple: to help prevent, treat and find a cure for cancer. In doing that we offer support, advice and treatment for cancer patients, information on cancer prevention and funding for research to improve the outcomes for people with cancer. We do this where it is needed most - right at the heart of the community. Our vision: Tenovus wants a future where • fewer people get cancer • everyone with cancer will have equal access to excellent treatment and support Our mission: we will work in partnership to deliver innovative research-led cancer prevention, treatment and support in the community to people with the greatest need, initially in Wales.

Our aims: to deliver this vision, we have agreed a set of 4 strategic aims for the organisation for the next five years. They are: Aim 1 To provide treatment to cancer patients closer to home Aim 2 To improve equity of access to cancer services Aim 3 To deliver unique support services to cancer patients and their families Aim 4 To conduct and fund research to improve cancer outcomes and experience

The Magstim Company Ltd Spring Gardens Whitland SA34 0HR Tel: 01994 242 906 Web: www.magstim.com Email: info@magstim.com

Magstim provides the means for neuroscientists to work with the human brain in awake subjects by manufacturing and supplying state-of-the-art clinical and research instruments. Magstim and Neurosign products cover the fields of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Psychiatry and Cognitive Neuroscience as well as ENT, Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery. Magstim maintains a strong commitment to R&D and product improvement. Collaborating with researchers in British and European major centres of expertise (as well as those in North America and Japan) ensures that Magstim remains informed about clinical and medical advances, enabling the company to develop products at the forefront of technology.

The Operating Theatre Journal POBox 51 Pontyclun CF72 9YY Tel: 020 7100 2867 Web: www.otjonline.com Email: admin@lawrand.com

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The Operating Theatre Journal is published monthly and is distributed to all NHS and private sector operating theatres throughout the UK. The Journal is also available in electronic format from the publishers’ website. The journal publishes news, views, study day, current topics & accepts product and recruitment advertising and is a popular read for all those involved in the operating theatre environment. Its sister web pages at www.operatingtheatrejobs.com promotes UK and International Vacancies and those from Medical Recruitment Agencies and Medical Companies.

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Third Wave Business Solutions - 3WBS 5 Ffordd Hiraethog Maes Pennant Mostyn Flintshire CH8 9PT Web: www.3wbs.com Email: michael@3wbs.com

3WBS is a start-up enterprise software company based in North Wales that seeks to exploit the convergence between new rich, digital technologies and more traditional enterprise system development. In the healthcare market, the specific focus falls on: • Electronic Patient Record processing (using PDF for Healthcare) • Business Process Automation (especially document centric processes) • Enterprise wide correspondence management (e.g. patient letters and emails) • Rich, compelling corporate communications (marketing & information capture) • Digital asset management (covering all health assets)

Time for Medicine The Cardiff Medicentre Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4UJ Tel: 029 2075 7744 Web: www.timeformedicine.com Email: enquiries@timeformedicine.com

The company is a spin out from the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff (UHW). The objective of this business proposition is to develop diagnostic software to replicate the skills of the best clinical consultants and perform the role of the specialist in diagnosing patients’ conditions. Specifically, the Company’s web based diagnostic interface will replace the need for patients to visit specialist consultants in large hospitals, with all the attendant waiting times and costs. The product is aimed at both the private market, i.e. direct to consumers over the web, and the public market, through the NHS with the objective of significantly reducing costs while maintaining or improving service provision. The Company has the backing of over 50 senior clinical consultants in Cardiff and other parts of the UK, The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and the Welsh Government.

Trojan Electronics Unit 8-10 Garngoch Industrial Estate Gorseinon Swansea SA4 9WG Tel: 01792 892 221 Web: www.trojan-electronics.co.uk Email: sales@trojanelectronics.co.uk

Trojan Electronics specialise in supplying electronic sub-contract services. Whether you require a full turnkey solution or you prefer to free-issue your components Trojan can cater for your needs. Our flexible approach means no job is too big or small: whether it is for a new product launch, internal short term capacity problem or scheduled orders we can cater for your specific requirements. Surface mount & through hole placement. Free-issue or full procurement and full product assembly & test service. Prototype to volume production, lead free & leaded assembly. Quick response & turnaround times and full MRP system offering full traceability - competitive prices.

TrusTECH® Manchester Royal Infirmary Oxford Road Manchester M13 9WL Tel: 01612 765 764 Web: www.trustech.org.uk Email: innovations@trustech.org.uk

TrusTECH® acts as an Innovation Gateway for companies seeking NHS expertise.

TrusTECH is an NHS organisation with a remit covering the entire range of goods and services used by the NHS. The key criteria are that the technology is innovative, and that it offers a potential benefit to the NHS and our patients.

Our experienced commercial team evaluate service or technological innovations offered by industry for their potential impact to the NHS. Our unique access allows us to provide cost effective, tailored market research, whether to refine or develop a business case or map out a route to market. We obtain unbiased advice, direct from healthcare professionals, avoiding costly design errors and streamlining your product development. Our insight and experience of the healthcare sector means we can validate your business case, making sure that your assumptions are relevant to current and future aspects of NHS care provision.

TrusTECH project manage product evaluations to build a thorough evidence base, necessary for the acceptance of innovative products by the NHS. Through affordable in situ product trials, we objectively evaluate your products and services in a real world setting.

UK Healthgateway Ltd 23 Cae Rex Llanblethian Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7JS Tel: 07900 570 172 Web: www.ukhealthgateway.com Email: jon@ukhealthgateway.com

UK Healthgateway is the specialist UK health market entry expert. We offer: • Distributor search • Regulatory certification (CE all grades) • Market research • Clinical product assessment & trials • Commercial planning • Clinical PR and product advocacy • Legal and financial planning Our network of expert Associates are the best in the business and our clients benefit from an unrivalled contacts network and NHS process understanding. Whether your product is equipment, device, consumable or pharmaceutical, we will make your market entry successful.

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Ultrawave Ltd Eastgate Business Park Wentloog Avenue Cardiff CF3 2EY Tel: 08453 304 236 Web: www.ultrawave.co.uk Email: admin@ultrawave.co.uk

Ultrawave are one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of precision ultrasonic cleaning equipment and have been supplying the highest quality systems to companies across a wide range of industries since 1990. Accredited to ISO13485 and ISO9001, Ultrawave are suppliers to companies from the Healthcare, Medical, Manufacturing and Processing sectors and have developed a broad portfolio of products tailored to different applications. The hygea™ range of HTM compliant, validated ultrasonic cleaners are used in primary care and HSDU and CSSD environments, decontaminating surgical instruments in both the NHS and the private sector. In addition, Ultrawave are approved suppliers to a number of medical device manufacturers and work closely with renowned companies both in the UK and abroad. Used in almost any application, ultrasonic cleaning improves processing and decontamination results across a wide range of industries and environments.

United Aerospace Ltd Ferry Lane Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire SA71 4RE Tel: 01646 686 622 Web: www.united-aerospace.com Email: enquiries@united-aerospace.com

United Aerospace Ltd are designers, manufacturers and finishers of composite components for a wide variety of industries.

We have the capability to take concepts through the entire design process, and project manage into and through full manufacture all at one location in Wales.

University of Glamorgan - Commercial Services University of Glamorgan 8 Forest Grove Pontypridd CF37 1DL Tel: 01443 482 482 Web: www.glam.ac.uk/business Email: lobrown@glam.ac.uk

The University of Glamorgan has a range of specialist Research Centres operating across the spectrum of health, social wellbeing, sport and science. Collaboration across the different research units and groups is common and we have established units of national and international renown in learning disabilities, genetics education and health economics.

Other strengths include bio-engineering expertise around the areas of imaging and bio-mechanical engineering.

The Commercial Services team manage the interface with businesses and has sourced the necessary resources to develop innovative R&D projects in collaboration with industry. Please contact us to find out whether we can help.

University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) - Cardiff School of Health Sciences Cardiff School of Health Sciences UWIC Western Avenue Cardiff CF5 2YB Tel: 029 2041 6858 Email: abadawy@uwic.ac.uk

A new unique and multifaceted alcoholism treatment based on the amino acid tryptophan is the subject of two intellectual properties. USA and EU patent grants are expected shortly during 2011 and developmental studies and other activities are now required to advance this treatment.

UPG Global Manufacturing Cwm Cynon Industrial Estate North Plateau Mountain Ash RCT CF45 4ER Tel: 01443 471 200 Web: www.upgintl.com/ manufacturing.htm Email: nparsons@upgintl.com

UPG is an innovative global provider of product development and manufacturing solutions servicing the medical market with tooling design and construction, custom injection moulded plastic components, semi-finished sub-assemblies to multifaceted fully finished final products. UPG manufactures components and assemblies for an array of medical markets and products. Class 1 and class 2 medical devices. Highly cosmetic and fully functional parts. This includes minimally invasive surgical devices; respiratory, anaesthesia and catheter devices; infusion, diagnostic instruments and devices; and patient monitoring systems. UPG global expertise and processes are tailored to meet the stringent demands for today’s healthcare products.

Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Churchill House Churchill Way Cardiff CF10 2HH Tel: 029 2064 2150 Web: www.udl.co.uk Email: cardiff@udl.co.uk

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In an increasingly competitive world and global market, the protection of Intellectual Property is vital to commercial success.

Particularly in the medical sector where many of the major players are based in the US or Japan, Welsh innovators need to keep ahead of the game. UDL is one of the largest firms of patent and trade mark attorneys in Wales. Through its many years of experience working in the medical field, UDL has the expertise to advise you on all aspects of patents, trade marks and designs. To find out how we can help you protect some of your most valuable assets, visit our website or contact Mark Davies or Michelle Ward.

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Venalink Unit 46, First Avenue Zone 2, Deeside Ind Park Deeside Flintshire CH5 2NU Tel: 01244 287 050 Web: www.venalink.co.uk Email: johnjones@venalink.co.uk

Since 1999 Venalink have been at the forefront of Monitored Dosage Systems in Europe. During this time we have amassed a wealth of knowledge in the choice, setting up and use of systems in the community, nursing/care homes and hospitals. All Venalink packs conform to strict FDA regulations and are barrier-proofed to a minimum of USP class ‘B ’ in terms of moisture and gas permeation. Being a totally disposable system, all items are hygienic and require no cleaning or sterilisation between uses.

Vital Smile Systems Design, development and manufacture of opto-electronic diagnostic tools for the global Dental Equipment and Institute of Life Science Consumables market.

Swansea Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01656 773 381 Web: www.vitalsmilesystems.com Email: kelvyn@vitalsmilesystems.com Waterside Consulting Ty Blaenant Ddu Felindre SA5 7ND Tel: 01792 793 866 Web: www.waterside-consulting.co.uk Email: info@waterside-consulting.co.uk

Waterside Consulting is a people and strategic development consultancy working with leaders and teams to deliver innovation in healthcare and life sciences.

Bringing extensive senior leadership experience, including in the NHS in England and Wales, we offer inspiring leadership development, wise and creative thinking partners and dynamic team coaching so you can thrive and make a difference in a complex world.

Watts Gregory LLP Elfed House Oak Tree Court Cardiff Gate Business Park Cardiff CF23 8RS Tel: 029 2054 6600 Web: www.watts-gregory.co.uk Eamil: all@watts-gregory.co.uk

Watts Gregory LLP is an established independent firm of Chartered Accountants, Business Advisers and Tax Consultants, with six partners and around forty staff. The firm is built upon strong reputation and experience, and as well as offering the routine services expected of an accountancy practice – audit, accounts preparation, tax returns, payroll, company secretarial assistance – the firm focuses on offering advice, to businesses and their owners, and to wealthy individuals. Acting as a sounding board to some, the partners work with others, whether individuals or businesses, to prepare and evolve their short and longer term strategic plans and goals. The firm also gives advice to clients who are preparing for milestone events such as sale or retirement planning, and on specific transactions such as property acquisitions or business restructuring or sale.

Watts Gregory advisers are able to offer pragmatic assistance with all forms of business financing, valuations, personal and business tax mitigation planning, wealth preservation and through our own expertise and our network of contacts, general business and financial support.

Welsh Government - Life Sciences Team The Life Sciences Team Welsh Government Llys Y Ddraig Penllergaer Business Park Swansea SA4 9NX Tel: 03000 6 03000 Web: www.business.wales.gov.uk Email: lifesciences@wales.gsi.gov.uk

The Welsh Government (WG) Life Sciences Team focuses on identifying and assisting companies within the life science sectors to locate and increase their business in Wales. The team is exploring the business methodologies and supply chains of existing life sciences companies in Wales in order to create a strategy that will enhance and develop the cluster.

The team is also able to offer advice and support for inward investment, account management for sectorally important companies, trade development, export development, provision of repayable finance, strategy development, innovation, R&D, commercialisation, international trade fairs and exhibitions.

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Wentwood Medical Ltd The Manse Tabernacle Lane Llanvaches Cadidcot NP26 3BL Tel: 01633 400 735 Web: www.wentwoodmedical.com/ contactus.html Email: scottforde@wentwoodmedical.com

Strategic Brand Planning Services: Strategic Marketing formulation and plan development, integrated customer plan development, customer targeting strategy development and strategy implementation.

Operational Brand Management Services: Brand enhancement programmes, pre-launch activities (market assessment, market shaping), brand support programmes, patient programmes, aligning to NHS customers, marketing material production, web site design, key opinion leader management and development, NHS funding expertise, NHS Liaison, PCT contact, communication with policy, formulary, funding & commissioning decision makers, government lobbying, sales targeting strategies, sales force re-design, alliance management - co-promotional activities, start-up company sales, and marketing and business development support.

Sales and Marketing support: business development activities, customer targeting.

Withers & Rogers LLP 1 Redcliffe Street Bristol Avon BS1 6NP Tel: 01179 253 030 Web: www.withersrogers.com/home Email: admin@withersrogers.com

Withers & Rogers LLP is one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the UK and Europe. We specialise in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including: patent protection for inventions; trade mark registration for brands; and design rights, registered and unregistered, for products. We act in patent, trade mark and design right infringement proceedings.

With more than 50 experts with specialist experience in many industry sectors, we enjoy working closely with our clients so we can advise them on the best intellectual property strategy to meet their needs. Our Life Sciences & Chemistry principal practice group is one of the largest in Europe, with a depth of expertise and experience in the chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in academic research. Our highly skilled Medical Device specialist practice group is supported by attorneys from across our principal practice groups.

Wynne-Jones, Laine and James LLP Temple Court Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9HA Tel: 029 2078 6535 Web: www.wynne-jones.com/ index.shtml Email: email@wynne-jones.com

Wynne-Jones, Lainé & James is a long established firm of Chartered and European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, based in Cardiff and Cheltenham. We act for a large number of Welsh clients, and we have an excellent reputation locally, nationally and internationally. Our client list includes private individuals, multi-nationals, large technology-based companies, SME’s and universities. We specialise in intellectual property (IP) services, including full spectrum patent services in life sciences, healthcare, medical devices, medical detection techniques, biotechnology, chemistry and nanotechnology. IP plays a vital role in the modern business environment. Whether it be protecting and realising the value of inventions, proprietary technology, brands or original designs, getting the right advice is key. We provide a premium quality service and our goal and focus is always on the business needs and objectives of the client. Our attorneys have extensive experience in Patents, Trade Marks, all aspects of IP licensing and enforcement, and IP audits.

xénos, the Wales Business Angel Network Ltd Oakleigh House Park Place Cardiff CF10 3DQ Tel: 029 2033 8144 Web: www.xenos.co.uk Email: info@xenos.co.uk

xénos, the Wales Business Angel Network brokers deals between business angels (high net-worth private individuals) and businesses and individuals seeking investment. The network is part of the Finance Wales Group and has facilitated over £17 million of private investment into nearly 200 Wales-based businesses since its formation in 1997. xénos investors fund all stages of development from early stage through to expansion, acquisition and turnaround and the network has more than 140 registered investors seeking investment-ready opportunities.

Zarlink Semiconductor Phase 2 Castlegate Business Park Portskewett Caldicot NP26 5YW Tel: 01291 435 342 Web: www.zarlink.com Email: martin.mchugh@zarlink.com

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Zarlink’s Advanced Packaging Business delivers a competitive advantage for its customers through miniaturising electronic circuits, enabling wireless connectivity and developing novel energy sources for medical devices. With a track record of success in designing and developing miniaturised electronic modules, Zarlink’s Advanced Packaging Business is at the heart of mission-critical projects in such applications as pacemakers, neuro-stimulators, catheters, sensors, hearing aids and patient monitoring. Technology development is underpinned through TSB and FP6/7 collaborations with leading research organisations and companies where Zarlink plays a leading role in management and exploitation. Current projects include energy harvesting, In/On body wireless communications and embedded components to drive the next generation of 3D miniaturisation.

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Centre for NanoHealth Swansea University

A £21.6 million open innovation environment facilitating companies, researchers, NHS clinicians and academics to develop new generation healthcare using Nanotechnology.

State of the art facilities and equipment • Open access facilities for product development • Extensive characterisation capabilities, clean rooms, bio laboratories and printing technologies within a category 2 environment (see web for full equipment list) • Located adjoining university and hospital premises with direct access to clinical trials and patient imaging (MRI and CT) Research/academic expertise and strength • Interdisciplinary collaborations between Biosciences, Engineers and NHS clinicians with significant strength in nano(geno)toxicology, cancer research, regenerative medicine, nanoscale fabrication and characterisation, device development, rheology, printing technologies • Team of more than 50 academic and clinical experts • Diverse, energetic PhD community researching at the interface between disciplines and industry • Proof of concept and prototype capabilities • Masters courses in Medical Engineering and NanoMedicine Networks and collaborations • Company incubation space with direct access to labs • Working with 100+ businesses, both SMEs and MNCs • Strategic partnership with Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board • Working with international leaders in nanotechnology including Texas A&M, Methodist Hospital Research Institute, and Rice University • EU Framework 7 (FP7) collaborations

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