Company Profiles
The Centre is situated in a prestigious location, on the northern edge of Cardiff's city centre and is on the site of the University Hospital Cardiff.
Building upon the growing medical development reputation of Wales' Capital City and for business-academic interaction, the Medicentre offers an attractive environment for new medical and pharmaceutical based enterprise.
The Medicentre is home to a wide range of businesses both new start and growing in the medical, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors with particular strengths in medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics. Current tenants include:
1. A B Biomonitoring
Contact: Dr Lathan Ball/ Dr Paul Aston
Email: lball@abbiomonitoring.co.uk
Website: www.abbiomonitoring.co.uk
Many industrial chemicals pose serious health risks. Long and short term exposure to these chemicals can be determined by biological monitoring – the measurement of chemicals or their breakdown products in exposed individuals. Biomonitoring reflects the total uptake of the chemical by inhalation, ingestion or absorption through the skin. However, the use of this technique has to date been severely limited by the cost and complexity of test methods. AB Biomonitoring have developed innovative techniques which completely overcome restrictions. This will enable a wider application of biomonitoring as both a monitoring and survey tool of industrial and environmental exposures and encourage the deployment of best HSE working practice
2. Assay Metrics Ltd
Contact: Dr Pierre Geaves
Email: Pierre.graves@assaymetrics.com
Website: www.assaymetrics.com
Drug screening technology for the pharmaceutical sector
3. Authentic World Ltd
Contact: Dr Norman Wooley
Email: nwooley@glam.ac.uk
Website: www.authenticworld.co.uk
Focus on correct drug dosage in c clinical setting.
4. Bio Mechanics & Biomaterials Research
Contact: Professor Middleton
Email: middletonj2@cf.ac.uk
This company is involved in the analysis of the mechanics of biological tissues and replacement materials and the interaction application in the areas of dentistry and joint replacements.
5. BMJ Publishing Group
Contact: Dr D Jenkins
Email: helen@onexamination.com
Website: www.onexamination.com
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd was established in September 2000 to create and develop a medical educational Web site that has been developed over the last 12 months and provides an information resource and study aid for the students as part 1 and 2 of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians examination. The company has been developed in collaboration with the University of Wales College Of Medicine.
6. Cardiff Research Consortium
Contact: Dr P McEwan
Email:phil.mcewan@crc-limited.co.uk
Website: www.cardiff-research-consortium.co.uk
Cardiff Research Consortium and the Health Outcome Group have been based at the Medicentre for over 8 years. The companies are involved in health economics with Cardiff Research Consortium providing research surveys to the pharmaceutical industry and Health Outcome Group establishing and maintaining a database of the raw material (information regarding diseased and the treatment given to hospital patients)
7. Cardiff Scintigraphics Ltd
Contact: Mr G Taylor
Email: simon.warren@scintigraphics.co.uk
Website: www.scintigraphics.co.uk
The company is engaged in contract research for major pharmaceutical and other companies using a technique of scintigraphy. This involves labelling a formulation compound with a suitable radioscope and then using gamma cameras to provide images of the fate of the component within the body.
8. CEDAR
Contact: Dr Grace Carolan-Rees
Email: uhw.cedar@wales.nhs.uk
Website: www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home
The Medical Devices Evaluation Unit, previously based at Cardiff Royal Infirmary in the Medical Physics and Bio Engineering Department, carries out testing procedures for electromedical and life support equipment on behalf of the Medical Directorate of the Department of Health. In addition to scientific and technical testing, clinical performance is also tested, so it is important that the Unit is near to clinical users. The results of assessments are published and utilised by the whole of the NHS.
9.Diurnal Ltd
Contact :Martin Whitaker
Email: Info@diurnal.co.uk
Website:www.Diurnal.co.uk
Diurnal is a new start development company originating from the University of Sheffield.
It has developed a portfolio of patents that it wishes to take to clinical proof of concept
stage in order to commercialize out-licensing opportunities. These patents involve
established drugs whose novel delivery would mimic the body's circadian rhythm of
10. MedaPhor Limited
Contact: Mr Stuart Gall
Email: stuart.gall@medaphor.com
Website: www.medaphor.com
MedaPhor Ltd is an ultrasound simulation and training company that licences online skills modules and provides hands-on workshops / courses in scanning techniques, initially in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. The company is currently developing a virtual reality simulator to address the ultrasound skills training needs of the worldwide obstetrics and gynaecology training market. MedaPhor is also a EU agent for Blue PhantomTM ultrasound training models.
11. Onexamination Ltd
Contact: Dr D Jenkins
Email: Helen@onexamination.com
Website: www.onexamination.com
Developing a revision web site for medical exams.
12. Ovasort Ltd
Contact Dr I Cumming
Email: icumming@ukf.net
Website icumming@bristol.ac.uk/research/newco/spinout.html
Ovasort Ltd owns a patent on a new process for discovering proteins on the cell surface of mammalian sperm. To date the process has been used to enrich for X-chromosome bearing cells. This validates the technology both in terms of its ability to enrich specific sperm cell types on the basis of novel surface proteins and its ability to link protein discovery to specific chromosome/gene activity. This information is being used to develop a low cost sperm separation kit for sorting X- and Y-chromosome bearing cells in livestock breeding. Other applications are planned to follow.
13. Pharmatelligence Ltd
Contact: Dr C Currie/ Dr C Poole
Email: currie@cardiff.ac.uk
Website: www.pharmetelligence.co.uk
Experienced health outcomes, pricing and reimbursement consultants to the pharmaceutical industry. Our aim is to maximise the value of your product portfolio by combining astute strategic thinking with high quality analytical skills to create robust value messages. Handling all requests for intelligence in the fields of clinical and patient-centred outcomes, health economics, pricing and reimbursement, epidemiology, product and disease data and burden of illness. Where a project requires outsourcing of any component you will always be consulted prior to commissioning.
14. Picofluidics Limited
Contact: Dr John Macneil
Email: info@picofluidics.com
Website: www.picofluidics.com
Picofluidics Limited was formed to provide practical solutions for customers in the Healthcare/Life Science sectors with applications that require microfluidic systems. Although Picofluidics has its’ own IP portfolio associated with the fabrication of integrated microfluidic devices it is our intent to help our customers realize their own specific requirements. If a customer has a discrete device design that they want to commercialize or "scale up" or need a partner to work with on a new concept we are available to help.
15. Welsh Institute of Minimal Access Therapy (WIMAT)
Contact: Dr Neil Warren
Email: warren@cardiff.ac.uk
Website: www.cardiff.ac/pgmde/wimat
The University Hospital of Wales sought to establish a high quality training unit in minimally invasive therapy, commonly known as key hole surgery. The unit provides administrative, seminar and training facilities with 12 simulation work-stations and video links to operating theatres at the hospital to provide live visual appreciation.
Virtual Tenants
Developmed Ltd
Contact: Mr R Mcloed
Expert Forensics
Contact :Dr C Adams
Wealth Care Service Ltd
Contact: Mr Matthew Millard
