ABPI Cymru Wales

ABPI Cymru Wales was established in 2003 in response to the evolving distinctiveness of the health agenda in Wales. It supports the work of the ABPI Cymru Wales Industry Group (WIG), a collaboration of ABPI members with a declared interest in Wales. WIG currently has a membership of 33 ABPI member companies, including major global companies and smaller companies with a strong presence in Wales.

ABPI Cymru Wales was established in 2003 in response to the evolving distinctiveness of the post-devolution health and economic agenda in Wales.

Today, the Life Sciences Sector in Wales employs 11,000 people in over 350 companies

ABPI Cymru Wales and its members work collaboratively with Welsh Government, NHS Wales, Patient Organisations, the Welsh Parliament and other key stakeholders to help address the health needs of the people of Wales

 

With our members, we work alongside healthcare professionals and patients under the strict governance arrangements of the ABPI Code of Practice

Our Wales Industry Group ensures that medicines promotion and joint-working with the NHS are conducted in an open responsible and ethical way

ABPI Cymru Wales is led by Dr Richard Greville, ABPI Cymru Wales Director, with support from Joanne Ferris, Operations Manager.

To get in touch email wales@abpi.org.uk or call +44 (0) 29 2045 4297.

Latest ABPI Cymru Wales Publications

ABPI Cymru Wales Summer Bulletin 2021

Amongst the articles in the Summer 2021 ABPI Cymru Wales Bulletin:

  • What does the innovative pipeline in medicines and vaccines look like – and how can Wales plan?
  • Research and how we can put it at the heart of NHS Wales
  • How do we advance vaccine equity? Five steps from the pharmaceutical industry
  • The launch of the new ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry

ABPI Cymru Wales Jargon Buster 2021

Creating an NHS ‘fit for the future’ is about embracing cutting edge technology so all patients in Wales have access to world-class standards of care and disease prevention.

We hope that this health jargon buster will help you translate the confusing array of acronyms used in the healthcare field.

ABPI Cymru Wales Spring Bulletin 2021

Amongst the articles in the Spring 2021 ABPI Cymru Wales Bulletin

  • Creating an NHS ‘Fit for the Future’
  • Delivering Change in Rare Disease – ABPI Cymru Wales working with Genetic Alliance UK
  • What technologies and new treatments are on the horizon?
  • #ValuingVaccines

ABPI Cymru Wales Winter Bulletin 2020

Amongst the articles in the Summer 2020 ABPI Cymru Wales Bulletin

  • #ValuingVaccines – Learn more about how vaccines are discovered, the industry’s role in creating them, the strict regulations that surround the process, and the success of vaccines in tackling diseases
  • Evidence sessions on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in Westminster and Cardiff Bay
  • Chwarae Teg’s Womenspire 2020 Awards
  • Disclosure UK: further detail for 2019 published

 

ABPI Cymru Wales Summer Bulletin 2020

Amongst the articles in the Summer 2020 ABPI Cymru Wales Bulletin

  • Transforming Wales Post-COVID-19: The Road to New Collaborations
  • COVID-19 - How the Pharmaceutical Industry has helped in Wales
  • Chwarae Teg’s Not Just for Boys! ABPI Webinar
  • Womenspire 2020 – The Finalists

Manifesto for Medicine 2021

We have previously shared our Key Asks for the Welsh Parliament elections in 2021. To support this, we are now launching our Manifesto for Medicine 2021.

 

Joint Working: A Toolkit for the Pharmaceutical Industry and NHS Wales (Extended Version)

The attached slides, developed by ABPI Cymru Wales, support its Toolkit on joint-working between the pharmaceutical industry and NHS Wales, published in collaboration with the Welsh NHS Confederation. The Toolkit is available in both English and Welsh.
This is a more detailed set of slides - view a shorter presentation.

2021 Manifesto for Medicine (Key Asks)

This manifesto gives political parties and the public a view from ABPI’s members of how to best capitalise on the UK’s life science industry and improve the health of the population following the next election.

2021 Maniffesto Meddygaeth (Gofynion Allweddol)

Mae meddyginiaethau yn trawsnewid ein bywydau fel erioed o’r blaen. Mae’r maniffesto hwn yn mynegi barn aelodau’r ABPI ar y ffyrdd orau o fanteisio ar...

Cydweithio: Pecyn cymorth ar gyfer diwydiant a GIG Cymru

Nod prosiectau Cydweithio yw sicrhau ‘enillion triphlyg’ ar ffurf buddion i gleifion, y GIG a’r cwmni fferyllol neu gwmnïau dan sylw ac mae’n rhan...

Joint Working: A toolkit for industry and NHS Wales

Joint Working projects aim to deliver ‘triple wins’ in the form of benefits to patients, the NHS and the pharmaceutical company or companies involved and is a key part of the Welsh Government’s long-term plan for health and social care, A Healthier Wales.