800 Life Sciences Jobs For Manchester
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Life sciences marketing should be focused on Manchester in the near future, as more and more businesses bring their efforts to the city.
One German pharmaceutical company Qiagen is looking to expand its current headquarters in the city into a campus, with work focusing on genomics and diagnostics.
There are already 270 staff based at Skelton House near Manchester University, but it is hoped a further 800 staff will join them as the business expands.
Director of PR for Qiagen Dr Thomas Theuringer said: “We are considering investing in Manchester because we have a very good experience of the skill set available and the people there.
“With an office already in Manchester the city is contributing very much to the success of our business and the growth of personalised healthcare is going to be the future.
A deal isn’t expected until early 2018, but the interest the company is showing in investing in Manchester is the latest in a long line of investments by life sciences companies in the city.
The city is an attractive prospect for many life sciences companies due to the number of life sciences graduates coming from The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.
There are already a number of world-leading research centres in Manchester as well as the Universities, such as Christies Hospital, and Cancer Research UK which has its main research facility based there.
These join a thriving computation and tech industry which has been in Manchester for the past century.