Almac Doubles Capacity at North Carolina Facility
The Almac group has completed a 67,000ft² expansion to their North Carolina facility in Durham, which now houses both the Clinical Services and Diagnostics divisions. Almac Clinical...
Almac Expansion Expected to Create 500 Jobs Over the Next Five Years
Almac, one of Northern Ireland's leading businesses, has secured planning permission for major expansion plans that could potentially see the company create over 500 jobs during the next...
Establishment of McClay Foundation Marks New Era for Northern Ireland
Speaking today Sir Allen McClay, chairman of the Almac Group, formally announced the establishment of the McClay Foundation, a charitable trust that is one of the first of its kind in...
Reknowned Oncologist Dr Martin Murphy Opens Almac Diagnostics' New Headquarters
The headquarters of Almac Diagnostics, a division of the Almac Group, was officially opened today by renowned oncologist Dr Martin Murphy. Almac Diagnostics is based within the...
Almac Announces Collaboration with Pfizer and the PETACC3 Translational Research Working Party
Almac Diagnostics has announced a collaborative study between Almac, Pfizer and the PETACC3 Translational Research Working Party (PTRW). The study involves gene expression profiling...
Almac Launches Biocatalyst Kits
Almac Sciences has launched a range of biocatalysts in comprehensive, easy-to–use kits for customer evaluation. The kits cover hydrolases, carbonyl reductases, nitrilases and transaminases –...
Almac - ‘Business of the Year Award is Company Milestone’
The Almac Group, headquartered in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with further sites across the UK and USA, is celebrating success after being named ‘Business of the Year’ by Northern Ireland’s...
Almac Tops Off New North American Headquarters on St Patrick’s Day
Staff and management from Almac gathered at the site of their new North American headquarters yesterday, along with representatives from construction firm Skanska, for a traditional ‘topping...
Almac Wins ‘Exporter of the Year’ in Economic Awards
The Almac Group, headquartered in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with further sites across the UK and USA, is celebrating success after being named ‘Exporter of the Year’ by Northern...
Almac Discovery and Argenta Discovery Announce Contract Drug Discovery Collaboration in Cancer
Almac Discovery, an independent member of the Almac Group focused on the discovery and development of novel and innovative approaches to the treatment of cancer and associated conditions,...
Almac Jobs Boost for Northern Ireland
The Almac Group, which is based in Craigavon, has created almost 100 full time jobs in Northern Ireland in the first two months of 2009. Twenty full time positions were filled in January with...
Almac Pharma Services Retained by MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals to Produce Physician Samples of MOXATAG™
Almac Pharma Services, a product development and commercial manufacture partner to the international pharmaceutical industry, today announced that MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, a...
Intelligroup Secures Multi-Million Dollar COSMOS Implementation with Almac Clinical Services
Intelligroup, an information technology and outsourcing services provider principally focused on enterprise resource planning (ERP) and extended ERP solutions, today announced that it has...
Almac growth set to continue in 2009
The Almac Group, which has its headquarters in Craigavon, Northern Ireland with further sites in the USA, expanded its workforce by 250 last year and is looking forward to further expansion...
Almac Selects NuGEN Ovation® Systems to Broaden Gene Expression
NuGEN Technologies, a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation, and Almac Diagnostics, provider of translational genomics-based solutions, announced today that Almac has added NuGEN...
Successful Inspection by MHRA of Almac Clinical Services’ Pennsylvanian Facility
Almac Clinical Services is pleased to announce the completion of a successful inspection of its Audubon, Pennsylvania operations by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory...
Almac Diagnostics Launches Ovarian Cancer Research Tool
Almac Diagnostics has today announced the release of a new Cancer DSA™ research tool for ovarian cancer. The tool has additional disease specific information, which is optimised for use...
Almac Announce World's Largest Gene Expression Study to Develop Prognostic Test for Early Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Almac Diagnostics today announced details of a global multi-centre collaborative lung cancer study with leading research organisations in the USA, Canada, Asia and Europe, which, according...
Governor Rendell and Sir Allen McClay Break Ground at Site of New Almac North American Headquarters
The Pennsylvania Governor, Edward G. Rendell, today joined Sir Allen McClay, chairman of Almac Group, and Sam Kriebel, a local farmer and landowner, who has lived in the area for many...
Almac Testers Receive ISTQB Software Testing Certification
Almac Clinical Technologies announced today that its testing department has completed the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB). ISTQB is the most widely recognized...
Almac Diagnostics Join Personalized Medicine Coalition
Almac Diagnostics announced today that it has joined the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC). The coalition is an independent non-profit group comprised of leading academic,...
Almac Group Launches Oncology Discovery Arm
Almac Group has announced the creation of a separate division to be known as Almac Discovery. The new company will be focused exclusively on the discovery and development of novel and...
Newly Validated Capability to be Used in Gastrointestinal Cancer Study
The Almac Group today announced a deal with Biogen Idec, a global biotechnology company based in Cambridge, USA, to use Almac Diagnostics' expertise in extracting genetic information from...
Largest Ever Clinical Trials Cargo Shipped from Northern Ireland
Cargo travels on specialist Boeing 747 plane chartered in Northern Ireland from Belfast International Airport Almac Clinical Services largest ever supply of clinical trials material has...
Almac wins top award at Tech Idol Showcase
Award Diagnostics division scoops Best New Technology Almac Diagnostics' Cancer DSA platform has won the award for the Best New Technology at the Tech Idol Showcase event held at the...
First Minister Praises World-Class Standard of Research and Development at Almac Group HQ
First Minister Dr Ian Paisley recently visited the headquarters of Almac in Craigavon, County Armagh. This was Dr Paisley's first visit to the company, which employs 2,000 people across...
Almac Clinical Services Expands It's Global Depot Network
Almac announced this week that its Clinical Services division has signed further distribution agreements which will enhance the company's global depot distribution network. The new...
Pharmaceutical Companies Combine Under Almac Brand
Almac has announced the re-branding of its five business divisions under one brand name. As the company consolidates its position as a world leader in the provision of integrated...