Tuesday 06 January 2009
Bioscience Sector News / photography, medication capsules

Bioscience sector News

Each year new deals are struck between companies that attend BioWales. / photography, medication development at Brecon Pharmaceuticals

BioWales 2008

BioWales is an annual signature event for the sector in Wales. The event is an opportunity to showcase and raise awareness of the Welsh Bioscience Sector to both a commercial and academic audience. BioWales also encourages networking and facilitates the brokerage of deals. Each year new deals are struck between companies that attend, further strengthening the cluster and supporting its growth.

Click here to read more about the event.

Grapefruit based Welsh product used in battle to wipe out hospital ‘super-bug’

The hospital ‘super-bug’, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or as it is most commonly known, MRSA, may have at long last met its match thanks to a single use bactericidal wipe invented and developed by Aberdare based Antony Rolls.

The Impy Wipe, which uses bactericide derived from grapefruit extract, is a single use personal wipe that can also be used to clean work surfaces that have been contaminated with bacteria such as MRSA, Salmonella and Listeria.

Western Mail Healthscience supplement

A recent supplement released in The Western Mail discusses the growing reputation of the Welsh Bioscience sector.