Innovation Directory – Wales

Pharmatec Solutions are a consultancy who work with contract development and manufacturing organisations to support the development of new respiratory products, such as pressurised metered dose inhalers

PhytoQuest is a biopharmaceutical company based in Aberystwyth who specialise in researching plant iminosugars. Iminosugars may have application in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. PhytoQuest also offer services to industry and academic, including nuclear magnetic resonance analysis.

Phytovation is an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) supplier, located in Caernarfon in Northwest Wales, specialising in the production of standardised senna for use as a laxative.

Polygenyn is a DNA testing, protein stabilisation and agri-tech service provider, and also offer products such as consumables and diagnostic kits.

Porvair is an industrial equipment providing company that offers manufacturing, designing, developing, and supplying specialist filtration and separation equipment and related accessories. Porvair is headquartered in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Porvair Sciences, a subsidiary, operates out of Wrexham, and focuses on the development of porous plastic materials and microplate technologies for the biotechnology and life science industries.

RPBs have been established as part of Welsh Government's Social Services and Well Being Act to improve the well-being of the population and improve how health and care services are delivered in their region. The Powys RPB covers the same area as Powys Teaching Health Board.

The Regional Innovation Co-ordination (RIC) Hubs form a national network funded by Welsh Government. These Hubs sit within the local Health Board and work to enable the Regional Partnership Board's transformation programme and complement the Regional Integrated Fund (RIF) focussing on innovation infrastructure and activity helping to integrate health and care services. This Hub is situated within the Powys Regional Partnership Board.

Local health boards are responsible for planning and delivering NHS services in their areas. Powys Teaching Health Board is responsible for providing NHS, health and wellbeing services in Powys.

Primacare is a seating company based in Rhymney, Caerphilly who sell specialist healthcare seating solutions.

The Primary Care Division sits within Public Health Wales and is organised into two teams; The Primary Care Development and Innovation Hub, and the Dental Public Health Team. The Primary Care Development and Innovation Hub has two overarching remits of (1) Supporting our partners in the delivery of national plans for the transformation of primary and community care in Wales and (2) developing a coordinated approach to prevention in primary and community care. The Dental Public Health Team focus on supporting and leading oral health and dental services improvement in Wales.