High speed & ultra Centrifuges, rotors and services

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The Medicines and Healthcare products<br/>Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an<br/>executive agency (Agency) of the<br/>Department of Health and Social Care in<br/>the United Kingdom. It ensures that<br/>medicines and medical devices work and<br/>are acceptably safe.<br/><br/>MHRA responsibilities include:<br/>•Ensuring that medicines, medical devices<br/>and blood components meet applicable<br/>standards of safety, quality and efficacy.<br/>•Ensuring that the supply chain for<br/>medicines, medical devices and blood<br/>components is safe and secure.<br/>•Promoting international standardisation<br/>and harmonisation to assure the<br/>effectiveness and safety of biological<br/>medicines.<br/>•Helping to educate the public and<br/>healthcare professionals about the risks<br/>and benefits of medicines, medical<br/>devices and blood components, leading to<br/>safer and more effective use.<br/>•Supporting innovation and research and<br/>development that’s beneficial to public<br/>health.<br/>•Working collaboratively with partners in<br/>the UK and internationally to support our<br/>mission to enable the earliest access to<br/>safe medicines and medical devices and<br/>to protect public health.<br/>MHRA's mission is to assure the quality of<br/>biological medicines and medical devices.<br/>At the heart of this ground breaking<br/>research, is the preparation, storage and<br/>worldwide distribution of World Health<br/>Organization international standards and<br/>reference materials as benchmarks for<br/>product quality, which are used by<br/>industry, regulatory authorities and<br/>researchers world-wide. MHRA also<br/>produces reagents essential for the<br/>production of influenza vaccines each<br/>year and quality control reagents for the<br/>National Blood Service to help assure the<br/>safety of the UK blood supply.<br/>We currently distribute materials to in<br/>excess of 95 countries around the globe.<br/>These materials are transported under<br/>three temperature zones, Ambient, chilled<br/>2˚c - 8˚c (ice packs), frozen -20˚C (Dry<br/>ice). These consignments have a<br/>validated cold chain life of between 96 and<br/>120 hours. Due to the distances involved<br/>and the vagaries of local customs<br/>practices, firm management and control of<br/>the consignments is imperative.<br/>During the preceding four years we have<br/>seen our volumes grow year on year by<br/>the order of 12.5%. It is envisaged that the<br/>total expenditure for 2025/26 will be in the<br/>approximately £1,200,000 for all<br/>movement types. It would be the intention<br/>of the Agency to achieve some significant<br/>savings through this process whilst<br/>retaining high success rates in its delivery<br/>objectives.<br/>You as our courier, shall be crucial in<br/>ensuring this.

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