Industry | Biotechnology |
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Founded | 1986 |
Defunct | 2003 |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | Vernalis plc |
Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom |
Key people | CEO Keith McCullagh, 1986–1998 Elliot Goldstein, 1998–2002 Tim Edwards, 2002–2003 Chair Brian Richards, 1986–1998 Christopher Hampson, 1998–2002 Peter Fellner, 2002–2003 |
Number of employees | 500 |
British Biotech was a British-based biotechnology company founded as British Biotechnology Limited in 1986 by former G D Searle managers Keith McCullagh and Brian Richards.[1] It was the first British biotech company to be publicly listed when it was floated on 1 July 1992.[2]