British Biotech

British Biotech plc
(LSE:BBG Nasdaq:BBIOY)
IndustryBiotechnology
Founded1986
Defunct2003
FateMerged
SuccessorVernalis plc
HeadquartersOxford, 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]

  1. ^ Rosen, Michael S. (2003). "The Final Death Knell of Chicago's G.D. Searle". Midwest Business. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2003.
  2. ^ "BBIOY IPO". IPO Summary Report. NEA. 1 December 1992. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2006.