Success stories

Pharmaceutical Profiles Ltd
Nottingham

Pharmaceutical Profiles was founded by Dr Ian Wilding and Professor Bob Davis in 1990. It was the first successful spin-out company from The University of Nottigham and has built a £10m turnover. Today it employs 100 people at bespoke facilities at a high-tech business park in Ruddington, Nottingham. It is a world leader in the conduct of Human Drug Absorption (HDA) studies that determine the complex oral biopharmaceutical properties of new molecular entities.

The firm recently secured Frost & Sullivan's prestigious 2004 Excellence in Technology Award for its pioneering efforts to enhance the adoption of innovative technologies in early phase drug development.

Dr Ian Wilding, Chief Executive of Pharmaceutical Profiles:

“I am proud of my association with Nottingham and the University. I feel that we should put something back into the local community. We’re only as good as our people”

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