Pharmaceuticals

35% of the UK’s pharmaceutical industry is based in North East England. All aspects of the pharmaceutical life-cycle are present in this dynamic region:

1. Drug discovery, pre-clinical research and development
2. Clinical research and development
3. Pilot-scale manufacturing
4. Full-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient/intermediate manufacturing
5. Formulation, packaging and distribution

The region has five highly regarded universities, many with 5* departments supporting pharmaceutical & biomedical research – one was issued with the first licence to carry out somatic cell nuclear transfer within the UK.

North East England is today home to the major transnational pharmaceutical companies including Aesica Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Onyx Scientific, Piramal Healthcare – Pharma Solutions, sanofi-aventis (Fawdon), sanofi-aventis (Alnwick), SCM Pharma, Shasun Pharma Solutions, Specials Laboratory & SSL International.

The sector is also supported by major pharmaceutical intermediate suppliers from Ineos, to Dow, Shasun, Fine Organics and Johnson Matthey Catalysts.

Companies in this sector:

Aesica Pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline
Merck, Sharp & Dohme 
Onyx Scientific 
Piramal Healthcare – Pharma Solutions
sanofi-aventis
SCM Pharma
Shasun Pharma Solutions
Specials Laboratory
SSL International

For more information on our pharmaceutical sector, please download the white paper for this sector.