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Life Sciences Hub Wales has appointed five Non-Executive Directors to join its Board to play a critical role in shaping the organisation’s future strategic direction. The appointments come at an exciting and challenging time for industry, health and social care, where the demand for innovative solutions is greater than ever.

Discover how the Accelerate programme supported some of the innovate finalists for the 8th Welsh Health Hack.

The MediWales Innovation Awards took place online on Wednesday 2 December to celebrate the outstanding achievements across industry and health and social care in Wales.

The Welsh Health Hack continues to highlight the amazing talent in Wales with five winning pitches announced that help tackle major challenges facing health and social care.

New figures reveal that Welsh industry’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has generated millions of pounds for the Welsh economy and supported the creation and safeguarding of hundreds of jobs across the country.

Life Sciences Hub Wales launched the first Value in Health Week (12-16 October) in partnership with the national Value in Health Team on Monday 12 October.

Concentric Health, who earlier this year launched their digital consent and shared decision making application, have began work on version two of the platform. 

The expert consultancy service supports technology developers in Wales to demonstrate value that meets the needs of care commissioners, care provid

AgorIP is launching an internal call to NHS Wales who have a novel innovation that needs commercial support.

Rhodri joins the organisation after serving as a member of its’ board for the last three years.

Rescape Innovation Ltd are pioneering the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare to reduce pain, anxiety and improve the patient journey.

A Welsh company has nearly doubled its permanent workforce to 127 staff in just four months after switching part of its operations to create personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The AgorIP Project which has helped the Welsh economy and innovation in west Wales to prosper over the last four years, has been extended to benefit all of Wales, with a total investment of more than £20m.

Catch up on Accelerate's first digital event: "Welcome to Accelerate - Wales' Health Tech Accelerator"

Welsh Government and Life Sciences Hub Wales are supporting plans to build a 200 strong team of specialists at Wales’ soon to be launched Lighthouse Lab, which is set to create additional capacity for the UK’s Covid-19 testing strategy.

A £1.5 million investment by Hardshell is set to see the UK’s first medical-grade mask-making facility established in Wales, creating over 40 jobs and boosting business opportunities in the region.

Advanced Therapies Wales (ATW) programme has been established to harness the benefits from emerging and transformative therapies for the people of Wales and is pleased to announce its official launch on 4 August, 2020.

Both organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support technology development and adoption to maximise health be

The Networked Data Labs will provide health system leaders with insights from data to take action in order to improve the UK’s health and care.

As part of the very first Wales Tech Week, Digital Health Ecosystem Wales introduces the brand-new beta version of the NHS Wales Developer Portal. It’s designed to make it easier for developers to understand requirements and test prototype solutions for NHS Wales.

As the Covid-19 pandemic sparked unprecedented global demand and competition for personal protective equipment (PPE), a Denbighshire-based protective equipment specialist has leveraged its international supply chains to ensure Wales has access to sources of essential equipment. 

Face shields to protect NHS staff, designed and 3D printed by an Accelerate and Swansea University team, have been awarded the CE safety mark allowing for large scale manufacturing for hospitals.

Swansea University’s Healthcare Technology Centre has played a key role in developing an award-winning communication aid for frontline health staff forced to wear face masks during the pandemic.

Five digital health initiatives have been awarded funding as part of a £150,000 call to action for new and innovative ways to use digital technology in response to coronavirus and beyond. The call to action was coordinated by Digital Health Ecosystem Wales, a collaboration between Life Sciences Hub Wales and the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS).