Innovation Directory – Wales

An-ex is an independent contract research and development organisation that offers a range of skin science solutions to the pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic sectors. An-ex's services include prediction of dermal, transdermal and ungual adsorption, development of topical, transdermal and ungual formulations, formulation and device evaluation, and opinion and experimentation in support of patent litigation

Local health boards are responsible for planning and delivering NHS services in their areas. Aneurin Bevan Health Board is responsible for NHS, health and wellbeing services in: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen.

Anthony Nolan saves the lives of people with blood cancer by growing a register of stem cell donors, conducting research and providing support to patients.

Antiverse is a start-up drug discovery company that use artificial intelligence to design antibodies against difficult targets such as GPCRs and ion channels.

Aparito is a Wrexham-based digital clinical trial company who have developed the Atom5 Clinical Trial Platform, which supports Video Assessments, Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA), Telemedicine, Wearables and eConsent, all via one smartphone app. Although originally designed for paediatric and rare disease trials, Atom5 has since been deployed in a wide range of studies in over 20 countries.

Arcadia Pharmaceuticals is manufacture and supply unlicensed medicines (Specials) to the NHS, including Oral Liquids, Topical Preparations, External Liquids and Capsules. The company also sources and procures Special Obtains (an item that is difficult to source and generally not available from the mainline wholesalers).

Arcus Compliance are a regulatory consultancy that specialises in the vape, cosmetics, medical device and adult health industries. The company provide consulting services including quality management consulting and compliance strategy consulting, as well as technical services such as analytical testing. The company also supply Software as a Service tools that contains information to help companies manage regulatory submissions.

ARGiP is a manufacturer of basic products used for biosafety and veterinary applications. Their main products are Pepsin (a proteolytic enzyme which is produced using swine stomach) and Omentum Lipids (lipids isolated from porcine tissue known to exhibit therapeutic properties), as well as homogenising instruments.

Asthma and Lung UK exists to help people with lung disease. It achieves this by funding vital research into understanding, treating and preventing lung disease, promoting greater understanding of lung disease and campaigning for positive change in the nation's lung health and offering services and support so no one has to face it alone.

In 2023 ATL Technology acquired the Cardiff-based manufacturing operations of Gyrus Medical from Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe. ATL is a provider of outsourced design, development and manufacturing services to the medical device market.