Laboratory will allow Waters a unique opportunity to further
collaborate with scientists, while providing access to critical
scientific infrastructure
MILFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2016--
Waters
Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and BioCity,
the UK's largest bioscience incubator company, announced an agreement to
launch an open access analytical laboratory. Located in the BioHub
at Alderley Park, the laboratory will offer Waters’ state-of-the-art
liquid chromatography (LC), mass spectrometry (MS) and informatics
technologies, along with a suite of analytical platforms to scientists
working in the pharmaceutical and life science industries.
“Engaging with scientists in the BioHub at Alderley Park provides a
unique opportunity to work and partner with customers, given the
geographic proximity of Waters’ Wilmslow location. We expect that this
close relationship will also give us deeper insight into customer needs
and challenges,” said Richard Ladd, Senior Director, Pharmaceutical
Business, Waters Division. “The diversity and strength of science which
is being done at Alderley Park matches well with Waters’ strategy of
purposeful innovation, and our strong emphasis on health and life
sciences.”
The laboratory will be resourced with many of Waters’ latest technology
offerings, including ACQUITY® QDa® ACQUITY
H-Class™, ACQUITY UPC2®and ACQUITY PDA Detector™, along with
the expertise required to leverage the power of these instrumentation
platforms. The laboratory will also include a nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) system provided by Manchester Science Partnerships, the owners of
Alderley Park.
“This is great news for the businesses based at BioHub. It adds to
BioCity's formula of providing emerging growing companies with access to
the tools, technology and knowledge they need to succeed - be it people,
property or technology,” said Glenn Crocker, CEO, BioCity Group. “It is
great to be working with such a forward-thinking partner as Waters
Corporation, who fully embrace our approach and are helping us to
augment further still the array of resources available at Alderley Park."
Scheduled to open in early 2016, the Waters/BioCity laboratory will add
to Alderley Park’s rich scientific heritage and complement its cutting
edge research facilities.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) develops and manufactures advanced
analytical and material science technologies for laboratory dependent
organizations. For more than 50 years, the company has pioneered a
connected portfolio of separations science, laboratory information
management, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis systems.
About BioCity / BioHub at Alderley Park
Operated by the specialist life science incubation company BioCity,
BioHub, based at Alderley Park (Cheshire) is a collaborative R&D centre
which enables new and growing bioscience businesses to not only benefit
from BioCity's specialist incubation support services (including shared
services, training, business support and access to investment) but also
Alderley Park’s high-specification research facilities.
The incubator has grown rapidly since launching in 2013, 10 years after
BioCity itself was opened (2003) as one of the first Bioscience
incubators in Europe. Now supporting over 150 companies, the BioCity
team run a series of Innovation Engine Bootcamps, which has already lead
to the creation of over 30 new companies (physical and virtual). To
support these new companies, BioCity has formed a mentor network of 80
thought leaders, successful entrepreneurs, VCs and Business Experts.
Nine years after BioCity launched, the group created BioCity Scotland
near Glasgow (2012) and MediCity (2013) on the Alliance Boots Enterprise
Zone in Nottingham.
Over 200 plus companies started life in a BioCity business incubator and
have raised over £50m of seed capital. The success of this growth
formula is shown in a 91% survival rate of BioCity-based companies over
13 years. This has helped make any BioCity location an international hub
for entrepreneurial activity in the life sciences.
http://www.biohubatalderley.co.uk/
Alderley Park/Manchester Science Partnerships
Alderley Park, part of Manchester Science Partnerships holds an
international reputation for biotech and life science innovation in the
UK. Set in 400 acres of beautiful Cheshire parkland, Alderley Park is
home to over 100,000 sq m of premier scientific laboratory space,
100,000 sq ft award-winning Parklands office space, a 300,000 sq ft new
re-development offering office, lab or manufacturing space, sports and
leisure facilities, restaurant, cafes and international conference
centre - A total place for living, working and recreation.
Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP) is a community of scientists,
innovators, investors and entrepreneurs, catalyzing the growth of
innovative science and technology businesses. MSP provides the right
environments and connections for new ideas to flourish and concepts to
become a commercial reality. As the UK’s largest science park operator
with five sites across the North West, MSP supports the growth of
companies across the life sciences, ICT, industrial technology, advanced
engineering and digital creative sectors, accommodating everything from
single desk start-ups to European HQs.
www.mspl.co.uk
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Waters Corporation
Chris Orlando, 508-482-2623
Public
Relations Manager
Chris_Orlando@waters.com