The twentieth annual MediWales Innovation Awards will be on Thursday 4th December 2025, at the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff.

MediWales looks forward to welcoming our industry members, academia and health and social care staff to the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff for a fabulous evening celebrating the amazing achievements of the life science sector in Wales.

The MediWales Innovation Awards are regional awards, as part of the wider Medilink UK network. Each of the Industry Awards winners will automatically be entered into the Medilink UK National Awards competition.

Please click here to view all of our 2024 MediWales Innovation Award winners.

The MediWales Innovation Awards are divided into two categories; Industry awards and Health awards.

Only Welsh companies, or companies with a footprint in Wales are eligible to apply for the Industry awards.

Only Welsh health boards or companies working in collaboration with a Welsh health board are eligible to apply for the Health Awards. All applications for the Health Awards must come from the health professionals/clinicians/health board that the company has worked in collaboration with.

Our 2025 award categories are as follows:

Industry Awards

• Innovation
• Start Up
• Partnership with the NHS
• Export
• Outstanding Achievement

Health Awards

• Health and Social Care – Industry Collaboration
• Technology and Digital Impact
• Scaling Up Innovation and Transformation
• Social Care Innovation
• Health and Social Care Research Partnership with Industry

To find out more about the competition, event sponsorship, or to register your places, please contact our team here.