Vaccine manufacture: it’s complicated
Vaccine manufacture can take anywhere between 6 and 26 months. That’s not to mention the time required to research and develop a new vaccine, which can take up to 30 years.
COPD: Our relentless pursuit for better breathing
Today is World COPD Day. A day aimed at raising awareness of COPD, a chronic disease of the lungs, which affects around 329 million people worldwide.
Using biology to increase quality and reduce carbon footprint
We've introduced new manufacturing technologies that will help deliver greater numbers of higher quality medicines more effectively to patients.
Turning the tide on antibiotic resistance
Picture a world where people routinely die from minor infections, where invasive surgery like organ transplants can’t be performed because it’s too risky, and where hospital wards are breeding grounds for disease.
Take a deep breath – your lung microbiome will appreciate it
Scientists are discovering just how important microbes are in maintaining our respiratory health and immunity
Unlocking the secrets of the immune system to tackle disease
As science evolves we are learning that the immune system does so much more than protect us from an outside attack.
Rare diseases: unscrambling the code
People affected by rare diseases often face extraordinary barriers. They can find it difficult to get the right diagnosis, expert advice or treatment and support.
Harnessing the electrical language of the body to treat disease
Bioelectronic medicine is a vision far from today’s medical practice. But we believe that one day, tiny devices, smaller than grains of rice, could be used to restore health in a range of chronic diseases centred on organs and biological functions.
Turbocharging the effect of vaccines
Since the beginning of civilisation, trees and plants have been the source of many medicinal remedies, preparations and potions. Aspirin from willow, analgesics from poppies, even chemotherapies from yew and periwinkle.