Pharmaceuticals

Thermo Fisher is a major provider of medical equipment, analytical instruments, reagents and consumables, software and services to the life science industry. In 2011, the company bought Sterilin, a South Wales-based provider of laboratory consumables such as petri dishes, pipettes and sample collection bottles. In addition, Thermo Fisher also own Synexus, an organisation that conduct clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Synexus has a clinic based in Cardiff.

ESI Technologies is a supplier of Process Equipment & Engineering Solutions for the Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Semi-Conductor, Food & Beverage Industries. Within the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, the company provides typical process equipment such as instrumentation, valves and filtration devices, as well as single-use equipment such as bioprocess containers and pumps. ESI have a site in Torfaen.

Biotage is a life science company that provides products and services to pharmaceutical companies and laboratories. Products developed by the company includes workflow tools for peptide synthesis and purification. Biotage is headquartered in Sweden, whilst the company's UK headquarters is in Hengoed

Sterling Pharma Solutions are a contract development and manufacturing company that focuses on providing small molecule and Antibody Drug Conjugate services spanning pre-clinical development to commercial manufacturing. The company also provide early-stage chemistry services for drug discovery. Sterling's Deeside facility provides the company's pre-clinical ADC research and development bioconjugation services

ICON is contract research organisation that provides outsourced development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries worldwide. It provides specialised services that span the lifecycle of product development across a range of therapeutic areas. ICON have a site in Swansea who provide clinical research services including Pharmacovigilance.

Norgine develops, manufactures, and commercialises specialty pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The company's product portfolio includes branded drugs and devices in the areas of gastroenterology, hepatology, and cancer and supportive care. Norgine is headquartered in the Netherlands. Norgine UK are based in Tir-y-berth.

Pharmaron is a R&D service provider for the life sciences industry. Pharmaron provides a range of services across research, development and manufacturing, including within drug discovery, preclinical and clinical development in multiple therapeutic modalities. Pharmaron has a radiolabelled facility in Cardiff which prepares and releases radiolabelled test compounds for use in non-clinical studies, clinical drug development and environmental fate studies.

PCI Pharma Services is a pharmaceutical service provider that offers clinical trial, drug development, manufacturing, drug delivery and packaging solutions. The company operates in the UK and Japan. The company has two sites in Wales – a manufacturing and development site in Tredegar that employs around 440 people, and a packaging site in Bridgend.

Ipsen is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercialises pharmaceuticals in the areas of Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Ipsen's UK headquarters for development and manufacturing is based in Wrexham, and is responsible for developing and manufacturing neurotoxin products

Mariposa Therapeutics is a spinout company from Neem Biotech that is focussed on developing therapies for keratin related diseases. Following preclinical studies Mariposa is developing their lead programme to enter clinical trials to treat Epidermolysis bullosa simplex.