Interview with Hiro Fukutomi, Managing Director, Takeda UK
What is the importance of the UK operations for Takeda worldwide? Our UK operation was established in 1997 and is relatively younger than other affiliates in Europe such as Takeda…
Address: Servier Laboratories Ltd, Wexham Springs, Framewood Rd, Wexham, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 6RJ, United Kingdom
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Servier Laboratories Limited is the UK subsidiary of The Servier Research Group, a research-based pharmaceutical company specialising in innovative pharmaceuticals. Servier UK offers a range of products in a number of medical areas: cardiovascular disease, especially hypertension and cardiac disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and diseases of the central nervous system. Servier develops truly innovative drugs and invests in therapeutic areas where there is an unmet patient need.
COMMERCIAL:
Servier UK consists of Sales and Marketing departments which promote Servier’s portfolio of ethical pharmaceutical products to healthcare professionals.
R&D:
The Research and Development Division’s mission is to discover innovative active molecules and to present them in the form of drugs for purposes of meeting health needs in therapeutic domains where the company has scientific and medical expertise.
The International Centre for Therapeutic Research manages: Phase I, II and III clinical trials throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It is also involved in the global development of diabetes compounds.
The Centre for Biopharmacy Research specialises in drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics and analytical chemistry.
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