Institute of Life Science
Location Institute of Life Science Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP
Contact Details Nia Morse , Project Manager Enterprise & Innovation Team Tel : 01792 513718 Email : ilsinnovation @ swansea . ac . uk Website : www . ils . swansea . ac . uk Twitter @ ILS _ EI
Phase Two , opened in November 2011 , provides extra business incubation and access to specialist facilities
ILS , opened in 2007 , has six floors of laboratory , business incubation and support space
Shaping the Future for the Health and Wealth of Wales The Institute of Life Science ( ILS ) is Wales ’ premier purpose-built medical research and business incubation facility . It is a partnership between Swansea University , Welsh Government , the NHS , ABMU Health Board and business partners . It provides a cornerstone for the regional MediPark vision being developed as part of the ARCH ( A Regional Collaboration for Health ) delivered in partnership between University Health Boards , industry , academia and Welsh Government .
The vision for the ILS is to advance medical science through multi-and interdisciplinary research and innovation for the benefit of human health , and to link those benefits to the economy by encouraging interaction with other organisations in a spirit of Open Innovation .
The first phase of the ILS vision – valued at £ 52 million – delivered a state-of-the-art building ( ILS1 ) housing over 200 professional specialists in medical research , high performance computing , business incubation and technology transfer . The second phase of the vision – which received £ 28.8 million funding – boasts a further 6000 square metres of facilities that build capacity , expertise and infrastructure for the benefit of the health and wealth of the nation .
Standing adjacent to Singleton Hospital , the award-winning ILS1 building , ILS2 houses the College of Medicine ’ s healthcare research , a range of fully operational business incubation units , and the Joint Clinical Research Facility ( JCRF ), fully equipped with a bedded clinical trials unit and an imaging suite with cutting edge CT and MRI scanners . ILS2 also houses the innovative Centre for NanoHealth .
Other unique facilities at the ILS include the EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility , the Haemostasis Biomedical Research Unit , the Health Informatics Research Laboratories , the NHS Wales Research
Informatics Laboratories and extensive high performance computing capabilities through HPC Wales .
The business centre is home to growing band of companies , including :
Haemair Ltd Haemair Ltd provides support for people with lung disease or injury . Its technology takes part of the blood circulation and passes it through an “ artificial lung ” to oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide . The aim is to provide patients with mobility by mimicking the natural lung while , allowing them to eat , drink and talk instead of being immobile in intensive care . The Company is now establishing a manufacturing facility intended to supply devices throughout the European Economic Area .
Haemaflow Ltd Haemaflow Ltd was initially established to exploit developments spunoff from Haemair Ltd . Its current priority is the development of a device to improve the safety and efficacy of transfusion blood . The Company demonstrated the potential of the device supported by a grant from Innovate UK .
Calon Cardio-Technology Ltd Calon develops implantable blood pumps for the treatment of chronic heart failure . The company goal is the development of a mechanical heart pump with significantly improved blood handling characteristics . In 2015 Calon completed a successful series of in-vivo trials , which confirmed the design goal of freedom from blood damage . In 2016 Calon will prepare for a major European clinical study expected to begin in 2017 . In 2016 Calon will raise additional funding to complete the activities required to begin the European clinical study including the establishment of a production facility , and to develop the next generation of Calon heart pump .
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