Newsletters

September 2018

September’s newsletter announces the refresh of LifeScience Industry online & in print. UK HealthTech themes are announced and there’s a call for Innovation Award applications.

August 2018

This month’s newsletter announces the date for UK HealthTech and the Innovation Awards. We welcome two new members and Clarity Compliance Solutions provide the expert advice piece.

July 2018

The July newsletter highlights international trade & funding opportunities for the sector. There are 2 members of the month and news updates from our members.

June 2018

June's newsletter shares the new LifeStories magazines, welcomes two new members and provides expert advice from Ayming.

May 2018

This month’s newsletter announces North Wales Connects in October and welcomes 5 new members. There is also a call to apply for the Bevan Exemplars programme.

April 2018

The April newsletter launches the new UK LifeScience Industry magazine, welcomes two new members and showcases an expert advice piece on Life Science Apprenticeships.

March 2018

This month’s newsletter announces our new member directory! We also share details of MediWales Connects workshops and welcome two new members.

February 2018

February’s newsletter welcomes 6 new members and highlights numerous funding calls. Abel & Imray provide expert advice and Neem Biotech are member of the month.

January 2018

The first newsletter for 2018 outlines upcoming events, special interest groups, funding calls and new members including a number of charities.

December 2017

The last newsletter of 2017 announces a save the date for MediWales Connects 2018 and welcomes 8 new members.

November’s newsletter announces the new edition of UK LifeScience Industry magazine and gives a call for registrations for UK HealthTech. We also welcome 4 new members and Ayming provide our expert advice article.

October 2017

This month’s newsletter highlights the UK HealthTech programme, a collaborative unmet need event with Betsi Cadwaladr UHB and welcomes 4 new members.

September 2017

September’s update announces the Life Science Industrial Strategy, provides updates on Autumn events and highlights lots of funding opportunities. We also welcome 4 new members.

August 2017

Our Summer newsletter has a call for member profile updates and applications for the industry innovation awards. There are also multiple funding calls including the Bevan Exemplars programme.

July 2017

July’s update highlights BioEurope, upcoming MediWales events and features an opportunities section. Expert advice comes from Innova Partnerships and Jellagen & Greaves Brewster are members of the month.

June 2017

June’s newsletter celebrates the 25th year of MediWales alongside announcing the AgorIP launch at MediWales Connects and Gwyn’s Summer project in Namibia. We also welcome four new members.

May 2017

May’s highlights include MediWales runners up at the Medilink UK Awards, the North Wales SIG and three new members. Capital law provide the expert advice and there are two funding calls.

April 2017

April’s updated includes information on three LifeScience Academy workshops and updates on the Natural Compounds event and MediWales Connects. Geldards provide expert advice and we welcome two new members.

March 2017

The March update announces the second LifeStories magazine and the next Natural Compounds event. Expert advice is provided by RedKnight and MedaPhor and We Predict are members of the month.

February 2017

This month’s update highlights MediWales’ visit to the London Stock Exchange Investor Forum and has details of our next LifeScience Academy workshop. We welcome two new members this month and expert advice comes from Centurion VAT Specialists.

January 2017

The first newsletter of 2017 promotes this year’s MediWales Connects and LifeStories Magazine along with the Biomedical Catalyst funding call. Expert advice is written by Blackwood Embedded Solutions and members of the month are Moleculomics and Isansys Lifecare.

December 2016

December’s update includes details of the Innovation Award winners, a summary of UK HealthTech 2016, and a date for your diary for MediWales Connects 2017. Members of the month are Frontier Medical and Yolk Recruitment.

November 2016

This month’s newsletter has a new design and features important information about UK HealthTech 2016 and the Innovation Awards in the run up to both events. We welcome eight new members this month and feature THAW Technology and Drumlord as our members of the month. Expert advice is written by Essentra.

October 2016

October’s update includes final call reminders for Innovation Award applications and Brexit event registrations. We also welcome four new members this month and include some great opportunities in our LifeScience Academy section. Expert advice is written by THAY Medical and focuses on usability testing.

September 2016

The September newsletter provides an update on our activity including a focus on the new LifeStories magazine and information about the opening of the innovation awards applications. GX provide the expert advice feature and new funding calls are detailed.

August 2016

The August newsletter looks forward to MediWales' Autumn programme, announcing the launch of the new UK HealthTech website, as well as upcoming LifeScience Academy workshops, a Brexit: Challenges & Opportunities event, the Members' Showcase, and annual Innovation Awards. Expert advice comes from Goodson Thomas and we introduce our newest MediWales team member, Sophie Davies.

July 2016

The July newsletter includes an event overview and photo gallery from the successful all-Wales NHS collaboration event, MediWales Connects, as well as Brexit advice following the EU Referendum result from key experts, new member announcements, and a thank you to MediWales members for donating to the Zambia School Build project.

June 2016

June's newsletter features news about the programme and speaker list for the upcoming MediWales Connects: NHS Collaboration Conference, announces four new MediWales members, and includes member news plus events from the Wales Festival of Innovation.

May 2016

Our May newsletter announces Dell as our Technology Partner, highlights the success of the UK Natural Compounds Special Interest Group Launch and the new LifeScience Academy. It also includes expert advice from Geldards on data protection, job vacancies and new members.

April 2016

The April update launches our new MediWales Connects: NHS Collaboration Conference, showcases the Welsh winners at Medilink UK Awards, and links to Edition 11 of UK Lifescience Industry magazine.

March 2016

Our March update includes a variety of upcoming workshops, events and opportunities, and celebrates our members' news of award wins, announcements of expansion and new recruitment drives.

February 2016

The February update features 7 new MediWales members and opportunities for inclusion in the next edition of UK Lifescience Industry. Dates are announced for this year's UK HealthTech and MediWales Innovation Awards, plus the launch of the LifeScience Academy.

January 2016

The New Year newsletter outlines our upcoming programme of events and includes photos, videos and news from our annual MediWales Innovation Awards. Also featured is a list of the newest MediWales members and news updates from the network.

December 2015

The Autumn has proved to be a key period for networking and business development for the life science community in Wales again this year, and with 30 new members, we couldn't have asked for a better few months.

November 2015

We're delighted to announce that our new MediWales Review & Directory and edition 10 of UK Lifescience Industry magazine are available to read online now! Take a look at our full list of publications on our website and look out for your hard copies in the post.

October 2015

Our new MediWales Review & Directory is available now! Thank you to Teamworks for the beautiful design. Copies will be posted to members and distributed at our Members' Showcase event.

September 2015

With Autumn just around the corner, we're looking forward to our busiest quarter of 2015, filled with events and opportunities for the life science community in Wales.

August 2015

August's newsletter provides an update on upcoming opportunities and events, an expert advice article from GX Group, and lots of new members. Plus, UK HealthTech 2015 registration is now open.

July 2015

Our July newsletters features 10 new members, our opportunity to represent the Welsh life science community at the BIA's Parliament Day, an expert advice article from Device Access, and members of the month Pharmallaney and BIC Innovation

June 2015

Read our June newsletter to find out about the Life Science Advisory Group meeting at the Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics site in Llanberis, and featuring 3 new members: Renishaw plc, Cotton Mouton Diagnostics & Cardiff University - Institute of Medical Education, plus news and updates from our members.

May 2015

Our May newsletter contains the latest edition of UK Lifescience Industry magazine with 10 recommendations for a new Government from the life science community. With a booming news section, the newsletter introduces our newest member Jellagen, contains expert advice from Grant Thornton and showcases members of the month Ultrawave and ABMU Health Board.

April 2015

In our April 2015 newsletter, we proudly announce that for the first time in its 23 year history, MediWales has moved to a fully self-funded status. With expert advice from UDL and introducing new member Homeglow Products, this newsletter includes member updates, news and upcoming events.

March 2015

Our March newsletter announces our new partnership with United Life Sciences, as we join leading life science membership organisations BIA, Bionow, BioPartner & One Nucleus. Our new member is Moleculomics, and members of the month are Good Insight and Broomfield & Alexander. LifeStories is now available online and our new website has been launched.

February 2015

Our February 2015 newsletter features expert advice from Triteq, members of the month Synergy Health and Acuitas Medical, a full list of MediWales seminars and collaborative events, and opportunities to feature in LifeStories

January 2015

Read our January 2015 newsletter, introducing LifeStories, our new case study magazine, welcoming new members Viridian Pharma and Pharmaflow, including news, events and funding calls as well as the MediWales Innovation Awards photo gallery

December 2014

Our December 2014 newsletter welcomes Grant Thornton as our new Corporate Partner, gives an event overview of the UK HealthTech Conference and the MediWales Innovation Awards with a list of award winners, the latest news and 2 new members

November 2014

View the November 2014 newsletter announcing our University Partner, Swansea University, and our UK HealthTech NHS Partner, Health Research Wales, with expert advice from Broomfield & Alexander, 2 new members and 2 members of the month

Autumn 2014

Read our Autumn 2014 newsletter with the latest partnership opportunities between industry and medical students, our new member Leadin, expert advice from Wynne Jones, the latest news and funding calls and our members of the month

August 2014

Read our review of August 2014 in this newsletter, with 2 new MediWales members and 2 members of the month, as well as an introduction to our busy Autumn programme of events

July 2014

View the July 2014 newsletter to see the latest overview of our collaboration with Welsh members and UK partners, a warm welcome to 3 new MediWales members, expert advice from Enterprise Europe Network and all the latest news and events.

June 2014

Read June 2014's newsletter with expert advice from Elite Electronic Systems and Withers & Rogers, new members BIC Innovation, and UK Health Tech speakers announced

May 2014

New Members: Nine Health CIC, Glyconics Ltd, Arche Life Sciences, Momentum Bioscience Ltd
Members of the Month:Haemair and MedaPhor

April 2014

UK Lifescience Industry magazine was launched at the Med-Tech Innovation Expo
New Member: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales

March 2014

New Members: Cwm Taf University Health Board, Swansea University's Department of Research and Innovation and NISCHR AHSC West Wales

February 2014

New Member: Contact Group
Featured Member: Quay Pharma

January 2014

Member of the Month: Provelio

December 2013

9 New Members: World Courier, Rocialle, Hospital Innovations, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Wipak, Dzaleta Consulting, Martindale Pharma, TrakCel and Medical Connections

November 2013

New Member: Copia QA Ltd
Featured Members: GX Group, Swansea University, ABMUHB, Wentwood Medical

October 2013

New Member: Cleartech Live

September 2013

New Corporate Sponsor: Elite Electronic Systems

August 2013

New Members: Bevan & Buckland, Biocatalysts, Blackwood Embedded Solutions Ltd
Save the date 10th December

July 2013

Featured Members: Pharmallaney Ltd, Oxford Innovation
Presentations available from the Regulatory and Procurement Seminar

June 2013

Featured Members: Exopack Advanced Coatings & Ultrawave

May 2013

Featured Members: Fulcrum, Isca Healthcare Research
Welcoming Abel & Imray as a new corporate sponsor

April 2013

Featured Member: EKF Diagnostics
BioWales 2013
Expert advice from Hugh James on the recent tax changes

March 2013

Featured Member: Simbec Research
Register for BioWales 2013

February 2013

Featured Member: High Performance Computing (HPC)
Featured Member: Wentwood Medical

January 2013

Featured member: Teamwork Technology Services
Expert advice from Broomfield & Alexander on Welsh Government funding support for businesses in Wales.

December 2012

MediWales Innovation Awards: guest list, programme, menu and sponsors

November 2012

Featured member: Designworks
Expert advice from Wynne Jones IP on protecting and enforcing your intellectual property

October 2012

Featured member: ASH Wales
Featured member: Bristol Urological Institute
Expert advice from Geldards LLP on how to protect your confidential information

September 2012

Featured member: UK HealthGateway
Featured member: Anaesthesia Innovation
Expert advice from Hugh James on how to prepare for new investment

August 2012

Featured Member: GX Group
Expert advice from inovia on cost effective international patenting strategies

July 2012

Featured Member: Waterside Consulting
Expert advice from Abel & Imray on extracting value from your intellectual property

June 2012

Featured Member: Cardiff University
Featured Member: Kodit Database Limited
Expert advice from Broomfield & Alexander on encouraging innovation through the tax system

May 2012

Featured Member: Sony
Featured Member: Chromogenex
Expert advice from Geldards Law Firm on The Patent Box and reducing your corporation tax

October 2018

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