Harnessing our expertise to give you the commercial edge

Whether you’re developing new products or services to take your business to the next level, looking for sample analysis or want to draw on our innovative thinking, you’ll find our service responsive, flexible, and designed for the real world. Many of our staff have a commercial background and know how to make their expertise count to give you the edge you’re looking for.

A proven business service

We work extensively with the biomedical industry, with organisations including the NHS, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, B. Braun, Covance and Evotec. Our microbiology research centre is a renowned for its innovation, with a knowledgeable team of 40+. Working with us can mean the use of high-powered, high value facilities to which you may not otherwise have access.

How can we help you?

With so much in-house knowledge and commercial experience plus experts in other business fields to call on, we can provide you with high impact recommendations and solutions to help you drive your business forward. Our services include:

• Microbiology
• Cell culture
• Microscopy
• Organic molecule synthesis
• Mass spectrometry imaging (a service led by Professor Malcolm Clench, the first person to introduce this technique to the UK)
• Analytical services
• Custom synthesis
• Student placements
• Training for your team

Here are some of the ways in which we’ve assisted other organisations recently

• Helping a start-up establish a specialist product in over 50 retailers across the UK
• Developing innovative fingerprint analysis technology
• Tackling the superbug problem in hospitals
• Metabolite screening of plasma samples
• Trace metal analysis
• Penetration studies of topical skin applications

Find out more – download our brochure (PDF, 3MB).

Read our case studies