Research & Development
From molecules to medicines
Our scientists are working hard to discover new ways of treating and preventing diseases. Our success depends on a vibrant and productive R&D function that encourages creativity and facilitates the accelerated discovery and development of new medicines and vaccines.
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst will be an independent bioscience campus pioneering a new operating model of open innovation
R&D organisation
A refocus on the best science led us to create an entrepreneurial environment in discovery and medicine development.
Development pipeline
We have built one of the strongest development pipelines of potential new medicines and vaccines in the industry.
External collaborations
We also build collaborations and links with other research groups, biotechnology companies and academic institutions to help develop transformative scientific concepts.
Diseases of the developing world
We have been involved in research into diseases of the developing world for many years.
Our objective is to develop medicines and vaccines, primarily for the World Health Organization's (WHO) priority diseases: malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
£3.96 billion invested in R&D in 2010
across the globe
c.30 assets in our late-stage development pipeline
Trials in humans
Like all innovative pharmaceutical companies, we carry out a series of clinical trials to test each investigational drug for the potential to become a new medicine.
The effect of the potential drug will often be compared to that of an inactive substance, a placebo, which is prepared to look like the drug so as to prevent bias during the trial. The investigational drug may also be compared against marketed medicines.
Patent Pool
We have created a pool of intellectual property to fight neglected tropical diseases.
Find out more about the patent pool Our product pipeline
We have built one of the strongest development pipelines of potential new medicines and vaccines in the industry.
Find out more about our pipeline