Scotland’s specialist manufacturing companies
The following companies have facilities in Scotland and comprise dedicated contract manufacturers offering a full range of services, niche players offering only speciality services and others who are part of larger companies offering both.
- develops and manufactures products for use in clinical diagnosis, bioscience research and further manufacturing
- products include reagents for blood grouping, haematology and immunochemistry
- capabilities include pilot and large-scale mammalian cell culture (stirred-tank, air-lift and hollow-fibre bioreactors), polyclonal and monoclonal antibody production, product formulation, liquid fill, freeze drying and packaging
- research and development company
- producing a comprehensive range of custom peptides and proteins - using chemical synthesis for medical or pharmaceutical research purposes.
- peptides and proteins as a solid vialled end product in >95% purities
- specialised skills include production of large polypeptides (up to 150 residues), peptides with difficult sequences, fluorescent tagging, incorporation of novel amino acids.
- process development services and pre-GMP and cGMP manufacturing to support biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
- development and manufacturing support for production of biologics working from laboratory scale to development of a robust manufacturing process. services range from strain development, through near GMP manufacture of the small quantities needed for pre-clinical studies to the high quality GMP drug produce needed for clinical trials and beyond.
- understanding of the international regulatory requirements for drug development which can be used to guide a client in the formulation of its manufacturing strategy.
- leading market position for herbal medicines in Britain and Ireland
- manufacture to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards
- research and development of medicinal products based on patented hydrogel drug delivery systems
- heavily involved in women’s healthcare products
- manufacture and distribute licensed pharmaceutical, CervidilTM/PropessTM, approved in 35 countries worldwide
- formulation and analytical development, clinical trial management and regulatory affairs, manufacturing and quality (including Qualified Person available for contract work)
- clinical trial material preparation under GMP conditions
- development and manufacture of economical, high quality in vitro drug metabolising systems
- enables the expression of human drug metabolising enzymes in bacteria, without the need for large modifications to be made to the proteins
- contract services for custom protein expression and the production of drug metabolites
- part of Roche
- broad spectrum of innovative solutions active in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of novel healthcare solutions
Edinburgh Pharmaceutical Processes
- contract research and development, and manufacturing services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and fine chemical sectors.
- process research, development and initial manufacture of active ingredients and intermediates.
- drug delivery services and solutions
- specialises in contract development and manufacturing of liquid and semi-solid filled two-piece hard capsules
- serves pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries.
- small-scale bench filling, banding, coating and blister-packing of capsules, clinical trial supplies manufacture, stability testing, formulation and process development and full scale manufacture under GMP
- independent company
G & M Procter, part of Oxoid Ltd
- manufactures and supplies ready-prepared microbiological culture media as plated and bottled products
- serves clinical, pharmaceutical and industrial laboratory clients
- products are prepared from Oxoid bases and supplements and are marketed as Oxoid Ltd
- large scale bulk manufacturer of fermented products (antibiotics) and medicinals (for example, antidepressants)
- manufacturing site of excellence for bioprocessing
- producing fermentation products since 1948 including: penicillin, cephalosporin, griseofulvin, vitamin B12, barley beta-glucanase and amylase
- two fermentation products, cephalosporin C, and griseofulvin,
- small amounts of enzymes for "in house" bioconversions
- development and manufacture of hyaluronan-based healthcare products for global market
- established manufacturing site demonstrated to conform to strict global marketing, storage, distribution and regulatory standards
- develops products and technologies for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and cancer
- manufacturing vaccines at facility in Livingston
- manufactures and markets a breadth of products and services for life sciences discovery, development and production.
- world's leading service provider of GLP-accredited biosafety, bioanalytical and toxicology testing
- contract manufacturers of biopharmaceutical and biotechnology products. experts in testing and manufacturing biopharmaceutical products including: monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, human and veterinary vaccines, blood and plasma products and gene therapy products.
- manufactures quality chemical reagents for the synthesis and modification of DNA and RNA
- strong reputation in the US and European markets
- developing innovative reagents for use in related areas of molecular biology such as the structural study of proteins and the synthesis of oligonucleotide-peptide conjugates
- manufacture of yeast extracts and bakers and distillers yeasts.
- manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and fine chemicals
- world leader in production of alkaloid opiates and other controlled drugs
- wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson Matthey plc
- state-of-the-art plant to the highest level of cGMP
- comprehensive contract manufacturing facility ranging from the development of novel synthetic processes, through labscale production to the provision of multi-tonne custom synthesis, including the toll extraction of active principles from natural processes.
- global provider of biological products and enabling technologies
- suppliers for a wide variety of innovative applications - oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiology, infectious diseases and the study of molecular biology
- cell signalling products and associated services to drug discovery laboratories
- extensive laboratory facilities are furnished with state-of-the-art fermenters, robot liquid handling systems and purification rigs
- more than 1000 reagents for cell signalling research
- provides a comprehensive range of chemistry services to pharmaceutical companies: primarily contract process research and development and contract manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients
- manufacturing division produces bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients and advanced intermediates
- development division is engaged in every aspect of drug substance development including discovery support, development and manufacture of material for clinical trials
- cell culture media and reagents, in powder and liquid form
- filtration of serum, for research and industrial applications.
- DNA and RNA synthesis reagents compatible with a range of different manufacturers’ instruments.
- part of the Novartis Group,
- animal drugs and vaccines for Novartis Animal Health and other animal health providers