LGC Forensics: New brand for joined forces of LGC´s forensic services division and Forensic Alliance

28-Feb-2006 - LGC has announced the new brand for the forensic dimension of its analytical and diagnostic business: LGC Forensics. This follows the acquisition of Forensic Alliance Limited (FAL) in 2005, and its subsequent merger with LGC's forensic services division. LGC Forensics is headed by Dr Angela ...

LGC and Forensic Alliance Limited join forensic operations

20-Sep-2005 - LGC has announced its acquisition of Forensic Alliance Limited (FAL) - the UK's largest private sector provider of forensic science services to investigators and the courts. The combined forensic capabilities of LGC and FAL extend the breadth and depth of cutting-edge scientific solutions ...

LGC, Quality Management and Aquacheck announce joint venture in proficiency testing

01-Sep-2005 - LGC has successfully concluded negotiations to form a joint venture focusing on proficiency testing (PT) with Quality Management Limited (QM), and Aquacheck, both independent providers of proficiency testing schemes. The combined operation will encompass over 4000 participating laboratories from ...

LGC announces plans to expand forensic services with new facilities to be created in Runcorn, Cheshire

25-Apr-2005 - LGC plans to expand its range of forensic services to include the analysis of blood patterns, footwear marks, fire investigation and fire debris, and trace and transfer evidence. A new state-of-the-art laboratory will be established in the North West at LGC's existing premises at The Heath in ...

LGC and CIA take major step to establish REACH Centre

LGC and CIA announce joint initiative to help chemical companies implement REACH regulations

03-Sep-2004 - LGC and the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), the UK chemical industry's leading trade association, announced a joint initiative to establish a UK REACH Centre. The aim of the centre will be to help prepare the chemical industry for new legislation, predicted to come into force within the ...

World class lead optimisation services are key to new alliance between LGC and ChemOvation

06-May-2004 - LGC and ChemOvation have announced a collaboration agreement that will enable both parties to build on their comprehensive range of offerings to drug discovery companies. Based in Horsham, West Sussex, ChemOvation's core business areas are medicinal and organic chemistry and it also offers a ...

LGC and AKOS combine to offer expanded drug development services

23-Mar-2004 - LGC has formed a strategic alliance with AKOS, the UK-based specialist drug development and regulatory affairs consultancy company, that will enable both parties to expand the range of services they offer to drug discovery companies. AKOS specialises in leading clients from drug discovery through ...

LGC and BioDiversity form strategic alliance

New alliance provides fast-track natural product drug discovery service from Europe´s most comprehensive fungal libraries

13-Feb-2004 - LGC has formed a strategic alliance with BioDiversity, an independent natural products research laboratory, to offer effective, fast-track drug discovery services that will advance clients' screening programmes. Natural products are a proven source of blockbuster drugs: 60% of drugs currently on ...

LGC and Pharmidex form strategic alliance

12-Dec-2003 - LGC and Pharmidex, the London-based neuroscience research service provider, have formed a strategic alliance that raises the standard for DMPK (Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics) screening services to drug discovery companies. Factors related to DMPK - the science of how molecules are broken ...

LGC´s annual results boosted by analytical innovation and strength in key markets

14-Aug-2003 - LGC has published its Report and Accounts 2003 in which it announces its best results since privatisation in 1996. LGC has more than doubled staff and tripled sales in those seven years through a deliberate policy of placing technology at the heart of its corporate strategy. LGC´s Report and ...