10th March 2026
BGF and Development Bank of Wales Back IQ Endoscopes to Support Early Commercial Rollout
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has led a multi‑million‑pound follow-on investment into South Wales‑based medical device company IQ Endoscopes, alongside the Development Bank of Wales….
6th March 2026
£23m Investment Set to Create More Than 40 Jobs in Wales’ Life Sciences Sector
A specialist pharmaceutical company is investing £23 million and creating more than 40 new jobs at its plant in South Wales. Patients across the UK will have more reliable access…
6th March 2026
Medilink Midlands Innovation Builder Strengthens Investment-Ready Health Innovation Pipeline
The Medilink Midlands Innovation Builder (MMIB), delivered by Medilink Midlands, is supporting ambitious health and medtech innovators to accelerate commercial viability and investor readiness across the Midlands. Designed to move…
3rd March 2026
Biotech company announces strategic collaboration with Swansea University
A biotechnology company harnessing the natural biology of exosomes to develop next-generation drug delivery systems has announced a strategic collaboration with Swansea University for a sponsored research project focused on…
3rd March 2026
Investors back Antiverse to accelerate AI-driven drug discovery in $9.3 million round
Innovation Investment Capital Limited Partnership (IIC), the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) backed fund, and the Development Bank of Wales today announced a joint equity investment in Antiverse Limited, the Cardiff-based…
26th February 2026
Rapid diagnostics testing for bacterial infections to be rolled out in primary care
Rapid testing for bacterial infections is being rolled out in community pharmacies and GP surgeries across Wales. The two-year pilot project will provide near-immediate test results without the need samples…
26th February 2026
Cardiff Leads the Way with Groundbreaking Gene Therapy to Treat Haemophilia
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is proud to announce that the Cardiff Haemophilia Centre, based at the University Hospital of Wales, has become the first facility in Wales to…
25th February 2026
Startup Secures £350,000 to Accelerate Safer AI Use in NHS Healthcare
Cyber and data innovation startup Pontiro has secured £350,000 in seed investment, marking a major milestone in its journey from healthcare challenge to funded startup. The funding has been raised…
25th February 2026
Biotech Firm Pioneers New Robotic System for Diagnostic Tests
A North Wales biotech firm has pioneered a new robotic dispensing system for diagnostic devices that test for conditions such as cancer. Biofortuna, in Deeside, secured £225,000 SMART Flexible Innovation…
25th February 2026
Jellagen (UK) announces Strategic Partnership with Royal Biologics to Bring Jellyfish-Derived Collagen Type Zero to the U.S. Regenerative Medicine Market
Jellagen (UK) announces Strategic Partnership with Royal Biologics to Bring Jellyfish-Derived Collagen Type Zero to the U.S. Regenerative Medicine Market Jellagen (UK) and Royal Biologics (Hackensack, NJ – USA), a…
24th February 2026
MHRA launches a consultation on indefinite recognition of CE-marked medical devices
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today launched a consultation on proposals for indefinite recognition of CE-marked medical devices in Great Britain (GB), aimed at protecting patient access and ensuring the…
10th February 2026
New $55m funding opportunity to advance research around women’s heart health
A new $55m funding opportunity to advance research around women’s heart heath, coordinated by Wellcome Leap and supported by British Heart Foundation has been launched. The funding scheme, called VISIBLE,…
9th February 2026
Angels back Cardiff medtech business MeOmics in £300,000 round
Cardiff-based medtech business MeOmics Precision Medicine is expanding after a joint investment in a £300,000 round from Angels Invest Wales and Women Angels of Wales. MeOmics Precision Medicine began in…
4th February 2026
Health Technology Wales: Publication of guidance on capsule sponge devices to detect Barrett’s oesophagus and early-stage oesophageal cancer
Health Technology Wales has published new guidance recommending the routine adoption of capsule sponge devices to detect Barrett’s oesophagus and early-stage oesophageal cancer in people with chronic reflux. Barrett’s oesophagus…
27th January 2026
First patient recruited in clinical trial using cancer-targeting virus
The first patient has been treated in a clinical trial that is testing a pioneering virus technology – which originated at Cardiff University – that infects cancer cells, producing an…
27th January 2026
Cancer centre’s pioneering research boosted with investment of more than £450,000
Pioneering research at Swansea’s cancer centre is set to reach even greater heights after an investment of more than £450,000. The South West Wales Cancer Centre, or SWWCC, at Singleton…
27th January 2026
Highly commended podiatry service helps detect stroke risk
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s podiatry clinics are playing a vital role in detecting hidden heart conditions that can lead to stroke. This pioneering approach, which uses a small mobile…
26th January 2026
Bevan Exemplar Showcase Highlights Innovation Transforming Health and Care
From reducing vascular waiting times by more than 50 weeks with a podiatry-led scheme to saving thousands of pounds by avoiding emergency hospital admissions from care homes, pioneering initiatives from…
20th January 2026
The Pre-Notification Trap: How Life Science, Biotech and Med-Tech Companies Are Losing R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credit Pre-Notification: A Critical Requirement for Innovators Pre-notification is now a mandatory legislative requirement for certain companies intending to claim R&D tax credits. Introduced as part of HMRC’s…
19th January 2026
HTW 2025 Adoption Audit Report
Health Technology Wales has published the results of its latest Adoption Audit Report. This year HTW audited six pieces of HTW guidance and three pieces of NICE Medical guidance and…