Science facility Scotland’s first
A state-of-the-art pharmaceutical stability storage facility has opened at Medicity, Newhouse – the first of its kind in Scotland.
The facility, operated by Roylance Stability Storage Limited, includes new state-of-theart, large temperature and humidity controlled walk-in chambers to store products including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, vaccines and medical devices.
North Lanarkshire Council have supported the company’s move to Medicity with £3000 of funding to develop their web site and digital marketing.
Medicity Scotland is part of the Biocity Group which operates biosciences incubators, providing specialised bioscience laboratory and office accommodation as well as support to help companies get started and grow.
Funded by North Lanarkshire Council and Scottish Enterprise as part of the Glasgow City Region Deal, the facility is home to a range of companies from university spin-outs and entrepreneurial start-ups to established UK firms and international subsidiaries. Since January 2017, these companies have raised £9 million of private investment to date.
Councillor Allan Graham, convener of the council’s enterprise and housing committee, said:“north Lanarkshire’s strong tradition of heavy industries like coal and steel have all but gone, replaced with modern, high-tech industries like life sciences.
“Roylance Storage is a great example of a cutting edge, life science business operating in a fast-moving and dynamic industry. It is testament to the superb facilities available at Medicity that attracted Roylance Storage to open this unique, world-leading facility right here in North Lanarkshire. We are confident that North Lanarkshire will continue to attract more life science businesses and high quality jobs.”
The new facility has created four jobs, with another two posts to be created in the next year.