Leaking From The Lab

APPENDIX 2: REGISTERED LARGE-SCALE GMM USERS

Centres registered as undertaking large scale work with GMMs and their reply or comments in response to a letter and follow-up phone calls from GeneWatch requesting further information about their activities and monitoring arrangements.

CENTRE NAME AND ADDRESS	REPLY
BRF Lyttel Hall, Nuffield, Redhill Surrey RH1 4HY	None
Carlsberg Tetley Brewing Ltd 107 Station Street, Burton upon Trent, Staffs, DE14 1BZ	Used for testing GM yeast in beer production - not in commercial use.
Celltech Therapeutics Ltd, 216 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 4EN	Have sold their commercial production division using GMMs to Lonza Biologics
Chiroscience Group Plc Holmewood Hall, Holme, PE7 3PG	Use large scale but claimed commercial confidentiality
Delta Biotechnology Mabel Street, The Meadows, Nottingham NG2 3ED	None
Delta Biotechnology 5 Crocus Street, The Meadows, Nottingham NG2 3DE	None
Delta Biotechnology Ltd Castle Court, 59 castle Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 1FD	None
Eli Lily & Co Ltd Fleming Road, Speke, Liverpool, L24 9LN	None
Genzyme Biochemicals 50 Gibson Drive, King's Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 6HG	None
Hoechst Roussel Vet Ltd Walton Manor, Milton Keynes MK7 7AJ	None
Imperial Biotechnology Ltd Southbank Technopark, 90 London Road, London SE1 6LN	None - could not locate for follow-up call.
Lonza Biologics Plc 226/228 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 4DY	None
Medeva Pharmecuticals Ltd Gaskill Road, Speke, Liverpool, L24 9GR	None
MRC Cell Mutation Unit University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RR	No large scale IB use - small scale only, no commercial.
Murex Biotech Ltd Central Road, Temple Hill, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5LR	None
Pfizer Central Research Ltd Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ	None
Queen Mary & Westfield College University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS	Research only, no commercial.
Continued overleaf… Quest International Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, FK11 7ES	Research use only, no commercial.
U Continued… niversity of Newcastle upon Tyne School of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU	None
Sigma Aldrich Co Ltd Fancy Road, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4NZ	None
Smithkline Beecham Coldharbour Road, The Pinnacles, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AD.	None
Smithkline Beecham Shewalton Road, Irvine, Ayrshire, KA11 5AP	None
Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Great Burgh, Yew Tree Bottom Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5XQ.	Closed
Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Clarendon Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 8QH.	None
Tate and Lyle Citric Acid Denison Road, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8EF.	No large scale use
Unilever Research Colworth Laboratory Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ.	No large scale use
University of Cambridge Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QL	None
University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QT.	None
University of Coventry Biology Department, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB	None
University of Cranfield Biotechnology Department, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL	No IB since 1989 and never commercial
University of Westminster 115 Cavendish Street, London W1M 8JS	No commercial use large scale pre 1992
Zeneca Agrochemicals Limited Jealott’s Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 6EY.	None
Zeneca Bioproducts PO Box 2, Belasis Avenue, Billingham Cleveland TS23 1YN	None
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4TG	None

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