Innovation Directory – Wales

The Awen Institute brings together researchers, older people and the creative industries to co-produce products, services and environments for healthy ageing.

Awen Oncology is an oncology drug discovery company, targeting rare cancers that currently have no effective treatment options such as chordoma. The company combines structural biology with high throughput in silico drug candidate screening to enable the discovery of a new pipeline of pharmaceuticals.

Axiom is a contract electronics manufacturing and supply chain company which provides services to OEMs in the medical sector.

Bangor University, located in North Wales, is attended by around 10,000 students. Research in the university focusses on three key themes of energy and the environment; health, wellbeing, and behaviour; and language, culture, and society. The North Wales Medical School is housed within the university, with the first student intake for Medicine expected in September 2024.

Bee Robotics design and manufacture robotic instruments for liquid handling automation in biotechnology laboratories. The company's instruments can be used to automate common laboratory techniques, such as Western Blot assays and DNA extraction, and are approved for use in clinical diagnostic tests.

Benchmark Skincare have developed Derma Shield, a medical device available as an aerosol, cream or lotion to protect against irritant contact dermatitis

Benson Viscometers is a medical device company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of high-quality clinical viscometers and blood measuring equipment for use in pathology laboratories. Benson Viscometers' BV1 and BV200 measure the viscosity of human biological fluids including blood plasma, blood serum, whole blood and synovial fluid to assist with the diagnosis of diseases including chronic disorders, myeloma or Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia.

Local health boards are responsible for planning and delivering NHS services in their areas. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is responsible for NHS, health and wellbeing services in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham.

The Bevan Commission is a Wales-based health and care think tank. The commission brings together international health and care experts to provide independent, authoritative advice to the Welsh Government and NHS leaders in Wales.

BGF is an independent investment company with 16 offices in the UK, including a Welsh office in Cardiff. BGF invest in a range of sectors, including advanced tech, healthcare and life sciences. The company have invested over £38m in Welsh businesses.