Cardiff Medicentre
Location Cardiff Medicentre Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4UJ
Contact Details Mair Davies / Janet Coward , Centre Administrators Tel : 029 2075 7744 Fax : 029 2075 0239 Email : enquiries @ cardiffmedicentre . co . uk Website : www . cardiffmedicentre . co . uk
Cardiff Medicentre is a dedicated Medical , Healthcare , and Life Sciences company incubator , located on the University Hospital of Wales campus . The latter extends across 53 acres , provides a working base for over 4,000 people and is home to Cardiff University ’ s School of Medicine .
The Cardiff Medicentre was established in 1991 , and was the first incubator of its kind in the United Kingdom . It provides high quality office and laboratory accommodation comprising of 32 units ranging from 27 square metres to 98 square metres . Low-cost desk licensing facilities are also available to encourage entrepreneurs to enter the Cardiff Medicentre community whilst writing business plans and raising finance .
The Cardiff Medicentre ’ s objectives are :
• to encourage new high-technology companies to locate and grow in Cardiff
• to assist in the transfer of technology from associated academic centres of expertise
• to assist in bringing innovative Medical , Healthcare , and Life Sciences products to market .
The Cardiff Medicentre offers specialist incubation support programmes and business services to tenants and licensees . Financial assistance may also be available towards the fitting-out of laboratories and equipment purchase costs . New companies will also be able to take advantage of the specialist facilities and academic expertise located within the University .
General support services at the Cardiff Medicentre include a manned reception during office hours ( 08:30-16:30 Monday to Friday ) for visitors and deliveries . The site also boasts private parking and controlled security access to the building with audio and visual security systems ( CCTV ). All tenants and licensees have 24 hour access to their
units , 365 days a year . The Cardiff Medicentre also offers low-cost seminar and meeting room facilities to all tenants and licensees .
For tenants , Cardiff Medicentre offers ‘ easy-in , easy-out ’ leases that are generally for three years . Variations in period , notice and break clauses can be negotiated on an individual basis . All utility services are charged as used and building maintenance is organised by the Cardiff Medicentre facilities manager .
Current Tenants Alesi Surgical Ltd , IP Group , Symbiosis Ltd Established in 2009 to commercialise inventions arising from the Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy ( WIMAT ). The company was cofounded by FusionIP plc and Dr Neil Warren .
The company has three products in development , the most advanced of which is Innervision . This is a novel smoke clearance device that allows electrosurgical smoke to be cleared from both minimal access and open surgical procedures .
Authentic World Ltd Founded in 2004 by a team of nurse educators in Wales , Authentic World Ltd is a spin-out company of Glamorgan & Cardiff Universities whose mission is to improve patient safety by reducing medication error through the development of innovative educational software solutions . Their medication dosage calculation products are being used by higher education institutions and NHS Trusts across the UK .
Cardiff Scintigraphics Ltd ( trading as i2c pharmaceutical services ) i2c pharmaceutical services is a spin-off company from Cardiff University and was established in 1992 by scientists within the Welsh School of Pharmacy following several years of successfully conducting clinical gamma scintigraphy studies for the pharmaceutical industry . The company provides independent services to clients for development of pharmaceutical formulations and devices .
64 UKSPA Directory 2016 / 17 Full Member • Wales