Concept Life Sciences Expands In Cheshire
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Manchester-based pharmaceutical company Concept Life Sciences has expanded its operations into Cheshire, creating 75 new jobs in the process.
The firm provides integrated drug discovery, development and analytical services and will now be employing 55 new scientists – a mix of chemists and biologists – across its new and existing site, as well as adding 20 other new members of staff to its team.
It has taken laboratory space at Alderley Edge in Cheshire, which is fitted with state-of-the-art equipment and will be primarily used to expand the integrated drug discovery side of the business.
This includes providing medicinal chemistry, pharmacology screening, assay development and ADME services, which support a number of other businesses around the country.
Michael Fort, executive chairman at the firm, described the expansion as “a pivotal step in the development of the group’s corporate and commercial profile to its international client base, opening new opportunities for collaboration and growth”.
The managing director of Alderley Park Dr Chris Doherty added that by taking space in this development, the organisation will be creating close ties to NHS institutions, local universities and other research organisations that already take advantage of the laboratories and other facilities in Alderley Edge.
At the end of August Professor Sir John Bell published his report into the UK’s life sciences industry and made recommendations on how to further the sector within the country’s economy.
Among his recommendations were to boost spending on research and development activities and to improve the country’s clinical trial capabilities.
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