Waters and BioCity Debut New Open Access Analytical Laboratory in the BioHub at Alderley Park, UK
February 11 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Laboratory provides access to cutting-edge
analytical technologies which strengthen modern life and health
sciences research
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and BioCity, the UK's largest
bioscience incubator company, celebrated the opening of a new open
access analytical laboratory. Located in the BioHub at Alderley
Park, the laboratory offers Waters’ state-of-the-art liquid
chromatography (LC), mass spectrometry (MS) and informatics
technologies, within a suite of analytical modules for scientists
working in the pharmaceutical and life science industries.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne stated, “This is
more great news for Alderley Park and for Life Sciences in
Cheshire. We are home to so many innovative and growing businesses
in the sector and I was delighted to hear that BioCity Group and
larger employers like Waters are helping to nurture new
talent.”
“Scientists on-site now have access to state-of-the-art Waters’
capabilities through the open access facility,” said Rohit Khanna,
Senior Vice President, Applied Technology. “The companies located
at BioHub are engaged in breakthrough research and development.
Close engagement with these companies provides Waters with a deeper
insight into their needs and challenges.”
The laboratory will be resourced with many of Waters’ latest
technology offerings, including ACQUITY® QDa®, ACQUITY H-Class™,
ACQUITY UPC2® and ACQUITY PDA Detector™, along with the expertise
required to leverage the power of these instrumentation platforms.
The laboratory also includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
system provided by Manchester Science Partnerships, the owners of
Alderley Park.
“At Alderley Park, and indeed across the BioCity group, we are
working with a growth formula that provides emerging and growing
companies with access to everything they need to succeed - be it
people, facilities, finance or technology,” said Dr. Glenn Crocker
(MBE) CEO, BioCity Group. “The fact that our model and the work we
are doing in partnership with Waters and MSP is recognized by the
Chancellor is encouraging to hear. We are proud to be playing a
leading role at the forefront of both the local and national
economy.”
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) develops and manufactures
advanced analytical and material science technologies for
laboratory dependent organizations. For more than 50 years, the
company has pioneered a connected portfolio of separations science,
laboratory information management, mass spectrometry and thermal
analysis systems.
About BioCity / BioHub at Alderley Park
Operated by the specialist life science incubation company
BioCity, BioHub, based at Alderley Park (Cheshire) is a
collaborative R&D centre which enables new and growing
bioscience businesses to not only benefit from BioCity's specialist
incubation support services (including shared services, training,
business support and access to investment) but also Alderley Park’s
high-specification research facilities.
The incubator has grown rapidly since launching in 2013, 10
years after BioCity itself was opened (2003) as one of the first
Bioscience incubators in Europe. Now supporting over 150 companies,
the BioCity team run a series of Innovation Engine Bootcamps, which
has already lead to the creation of over 30 new companies (physical
and virtual). To support these new companies, BioCity has formed a
mentor network of 80 thought leaders, successful entrepreneurs, VCs
and Business Experts.
Nine years after BioCity launched, the group created BioCity
Scotland near Glasgow (2012) and MediCity (2013) on the Alliance
Boots Enterprise Zone in Nottingham.
Over 200 plus companies started life in a BioCity business
incubator and have raised over £50m of seed capital. The success of
this growth formula is shown in a 91% survival rate of
BioCity-based companies over 13 years. This has helped make any
BioCity location an international hub for entrepreneurial activity
in the life sciences.
http://www.biohubatalderley.co.uk/
Alderley Park/Manchester Science Partnerships
Alderley Park, part of Manchester Science Partnerships holds an
international reputation for biotech and life science innovation in
the UK. Set in 400 acres of beautiful Cheshire parkland, Alderley
Park is home to over 100,000 sq m of premier scientific laboratory
space, 100,000 sq ft award-winning Parklands office space, a
300,000 sq ft new re-development offering office, lab or
manufacturing space, sports and leisure facilities, restaurant,
cafes and international conference centre - A total place for
living, working and recreation.
Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP) is a community of
scientists, innovators, investors and entrepreneurs, catalyzing the
growth of innovative science and technology businesses. MSP
provides the right environments and connections for new ideas to
flourish and concepts to become a commercial reality. As the
UK’s largest science park operator with five sites across the North
West, MSP supports the growth of companies across the life
sciences, ICT, industrial technology, advanced engineering and
digital creative sectors, accommodating everything from single desk
start-ups to European HQs.
www.mspl.co.uk
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