Stuart Penny Email & Phone Number

Durham, Gb

I am the Operations Director at High Force Research (HFR) a 100% privately-owned chemical research and development company. I and my team work worldwide, specialising in chemical synthesis and R&D for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and fine chemicals industries.I co-founded High Force Research, a Contract Research Organisation (CRO), in 1988 with my business partners Roy Valentine and Bob Redfern, and since that time I am proud to say that our company has become recognised globally as a leading UK based company in our field. My specialties include GMP, process development, organic chemistry and nanoparticles. I am also responsible for overseeing and a wide variety of laboratory activities including novel chemical processes, chemical synthesis and chemical process development assurance (QC). I am especially experienced in multi stage scale ups, from milligram to kilogram quantities. As a Contract Manufacturing Organisation (CMO), we provide consultation and a wide variety of services to industry and academic institutions including; advanced materials, organic & chemical R&D, process development, contract synthesis, scale up, traceable manufacture and analysis.So, if you are looking for a Partner Research Organisation (PRO), Quality Manufacture, GMP manufacture, bio-conjugation, linker, pegylated peptides, organic electronics, polymer, monomer, contract, active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), proof of concept, functional PEGS, Quality Assurance, Diagnostics, linkers, dyes, nucleotide, phase 1 clinical studies, preclinical studies, or small molecule R&D… we are the team for you.I and my fellow chemists are all passionate about collaboration and we work with, start-ups and spin-offs, discovery groups, academia and industry in all areas.Our latest spin out company, working in the very exciting field of fluorescent retinoids and small molecules for use in cell imaging and light based therapeutics is Lightox (www.lightox.com).

Laboratory development of practical methodology for the manufacture of fine chemicals and transfer through pilot plant to industrial scale production.