BioCity Nottingham

Biocity buildings

Formation| September 2003
Legal status| Science park
Purpose| Bioscience innovation
Location|

* Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF

Region served

| UK

Membership

| 70 companies

Chief Executive

| Dr Glenn Crocker

Main organ

| BioCity Board (Chairman – Dr Louis Nisbet)
Affiliations| Nottingham Trent University, University of Nottingham,
Website| BioCity Nottingham

BioCity Nottingham is a bioscience science park in central Nottingham in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest bioscience innovation and incubation centre, now run by Pioneer Group, a specialist life sciences real estate and venture building company.

## History[edit]

In 2002, laboratories and office space were donated to Nottingham Trent University by BASF. Biocity was founded in September 2003 by the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and the East Midlands Development Agency (which was based close to BioCity).

Biocity's premises were developed from the building donated by BASF. Phase 1 was completed in March 2004, providing 36,000 sq ft (3,300 m2) of space, then Phase 2 in March 2006 provided 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m2). When Phase 3 of the development was completed in October 2008, with 45,000 sq ft (4,200 m2), funding from emda also finished.

### Background[edit]

Nottingham has a history of bioscience research done at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and by Boots, Britain's largest retail pharmacy company, which is based in Dunkirk/Beeston.[1]

The Royal Society of Chemistry blue plaque at BioCity

Although Boots no longer engages in drug discovery, Ibuprofen (iso-butyl-propanoic-phenolic acid) was created by a team of Boots scientists including Stewart Adams and John Nicholson.[2] In November 2013 work on ibuprofen was recognised by the erection of a Royal Society of Chemistry blue plaque on the site of the original laboratory where the painkiller was developed. The plaque reads:[3]

> In recognition of the pioneering research work, here on Pennyfoot Street, by Dr Stewart Adams and Dr John Nicholson in the Research Department of Boots which led to the discovery of ibuprofen used by millions worldwide for the relief of pain.

In March 2005 Nottingham was named as a Science City; the other 5 Science Cities were Birmingham,[4] Bristol, York, Newcastle[5] and Manchester.

## Structure[edit]

It is situated in former BASF buildings, which previously were used by Boots as research laboratories. The site on Pennyfoot Street, between the A60 and A612, is for bioscience SMEs. The University of Nottingham has the largest collaboration with companies at BioCity, with a few having links with NTU.

There are three buildings –

* Innovation Centre Building
* Stewart Adams Building – named after Dr Stewart Adams OBE, who led the team at Boots (with John Nicholson) that discovered Ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, in 1963[6]
* Laurus Building

In January 2012 BioCity opened a second site, BioCity Scotland, resulting from the acquisition of a former MSD research facility near Glasgow.

## See also[edit]

* Sheffield Bioincubator
* London Bioscience Innovation Centre
* Francis Crick Institute
* Creative Quarter, Nottingham

## References[edit]

1. ^ Matthew Bunn (11 February 2019). "New £8m medical technology hub proposed for Boots' Enterprise Zone site". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
2. ^ Boots ibuprofen project Archived 1 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Chemical landmark plaque honours scientific discovery past and future". Royal Society of Chemistry News.
4. ^ "About Us at Birmingham Science City". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
5. ^ Newcastle Science City Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Dr Stewart Adams

## External links[edit]

* BioCity Nottingham Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
* Science City Nottingham Archived 21 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* UKSPA
* NTU
* CPMG Architects - Discovery Building at BioCity

### News items[edit]

* Laurus Building opens in October 2008

### Video clips[edit]

* Glen Crocker
* Nottingham Science – Laurus Building

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Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in the United Kingdom

* Manufacturing in the United Kingdom
* Economy of the United Kingdom

Companies|

| Current|

* AAH Pharmaceuticals
* Alliance Boots
* Astex
* AstraZeneca (MedImmune)
* BTG
* Cyclacel
* Dechra Pharmaceuticals
* GE Healthcare
* Genus
* GSK
* Hikma Pharmaceuticals
* Indivior
* IXICO
* MacFarlan Smith
* Mundipharma
* Norbrook Group
* Oxford Biomedica
* Pfizer UK
* Proximagen
* Silence Therapeutics
* TBS GB
* Vectura
* Vernalis
* ViiV Healthcare

|

Defunct|

* Allen & Hanburys
* Amersham
* Beecham Group
* Cambridge Antibody Technology
* Celltech
* Chiroscience
* The Distillers Company
* Fisons
* Glaxo Wellcome
* ICI
* Phytopharm
* Reliant Pharmaceuticals
* Renovo
* Shire
* Unipath
* Zeneca

Government and
regulatory bodies|

* Commission on Human Medicines
* Department of Health
* European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
* Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
* National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
* Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
* Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
* General Pharmaceutical Council
* Scottish Medicines Consortium
* Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Industry and
professional bodies|

* Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
* Chemical Industries Association
* European Federation of Biotechnology
* European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
* Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
* Pharmacists' Defence Association
* Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
* Worshipful Society of Apothecaries

Books and journals|

* Bandolier
* Bad Pharma (2012)
* British National Formulary
* British National Formulary for Children
* British Pharmaceutical Codex
* Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
* Monthly Index of Medical Specialities
* Side Effects (2008)
* The Pharmaceutical Journal

Other|

* British Approved Name
* British Pharmacopoeia
* DrugScope
* European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
* European Pharmacopoeia
* List of world's largest pharmaceutical companies
* Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
* Wellcome Trust

* category

* v
* t
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Walgreens Boots Alliance

Subsidiaries|

* Alliance Healthcare
* Boots
* Boots Opticians
* Drugstore.com
* Duane Reade
* Farmacias Benavides
* Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals (50%)
* Walgreens
* Walgreens Health Services

Predecessors|

* Alliance Boots
* Cunningham Drug
* Dollond & Aitchison
* Drug Fair
* Farmacias El Amal
* Happy Harry's
* Kerr Drug
* USA Drug

Brands|

* No. 7

People|

* Stefano Pessina
* Elizabeth Fagan
* Simon Roberts
* Charles Rudolph Walgreen
* Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr.
* Gregory Wasson
* Jim Skinner
* Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent
* John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent
* John Boot
* Ornella Barra
* Yves Romestan
* Stewart Adams
* Sir Gordon Hobday
* Kathleen Wilson-Thompson

Related|

* Grupo Sanborns
* Ibuprofen
* Intercom Plus
* Schoep's Ice Cream
* Strepsils
* Walgreen Drug Store Historic Site

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