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Purchasing Consortium Suppliers

We work closely with the following suppliers to ensure all OBN Full Members can save money by accessing discounted prices on equipment, expertise and facilities. 

Laboratory Consumables, Equipment, Chemicals & Services

  • Average 50% off list price
  • Over 2000 specially priced lab essentials.
  • Free delivery

Sigma-Aldrich, now part of Merck, aims to accelerate customer success through innovation and leadership in life science and high technology

  • Free standard delivery
  • Discounts across 100,000’s of products, ranging from antibodies to analytical standards.
  • Over 1,000 specially priced products
  • Free delivery
  • Technical seminars and support available
  • New discounts for Solvents, General Lab Chemicals, Antibodies and Cell Culture Products

OBN Members click here to place orders and for more information 

Company Information Visit Sigma-Aldrich website

At Chillistick, dry ice isn’t just our business – it’s our passion. With over a decade of dedicated manufacturing experience, our roots in chemical engineering ensure that we lead the industry with unparalleled expertise.

As the foremost supplier of dry ice products and related services in the UK, we take pride in our commitment to sustainability. Our dry ice is sourced from renewable energy, offering you eco-friendly solutions across a diverse range of applications.

We are ISO accredited, guaranteeing the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency in everything we do. Discover the Chillistick advantage – where knowledge meets innovation. Explore our extensive dry ice product offerings, experience excellence that only a decade of expertise can deliver, and learn about our seamless fulfilment services by visiting Frozen Delivered. As expected from the UK’s leading supplier of dry ice products and related services, quality is paramount.

Chillistick are excited to offer OBN Members a discount.

Please contact the team for more information

As well as supplying a comprehensive range of cryogenic storage equipment, Air Products is the only industrial gas company manufacturing liquid nitrogen in the UK that is compliant to the new Medical Device Regulation. With our strong knowledge of Liquid Nitrogen and our class-leading range of MVE freezers, we are able to provide the optimum turnkey solution to meet your needs, including comprehensive project management solutions for the storage of your critical samples. As a leading industrial gas supplier we are also able to provide a complete range of speciality gases, including analytical and pharma grades.

With significant discounts to our members for the following products:

  • Liquid Nitrogen
  • Liquid CO2
  • Liquid Argon
  • Cryogenic freezers

Air Products Industrial Gases

M: 0800 389 0202

E: apukinfo@airproducts.com

W: Biomedical Products: https://www.airproducts.expert/uk/biomedical/

W: Speciality gases: https://www.airproducts.co.uk/gases/specialty-gases

600,000 products available / Procurement Solutions / RS Local / Inventory Solutions / Calibration / DesignSpark / Export / Product Support / Delivery Options including same day delivery available

10% Discount available to OBN Full Members

Stewart Speirs
Industry Sector Specialist
RS Components

As an ISO 17025 accredited and ISO 9001 certified business with over 150 years’ weighing expertise, we support the UK’s Life Sciences sector to reduce weighing risk and downtime with calibrations, testing, preventative maintenance and repairs nationwide.

Calibrations and tests

Asset management system

Legal for trade

Expert repairs

Preventative maintenance

Complimentary weighing advice and resources

Download the brochure to discover our expertise or get a quote to save up to 25% on weighing calibrations as a OBN member.

Contact: Andrew Simpson, Regional Sales Manager

  • Specialist manufacturer and supplier of laboratory chairs and stools
  • Comprehensive range of quality office furniture
  • Working from home desks and chairs
  • 5-year warranty on all products

For an introduction to our product ranges – visit our website https://www.oxfordworkspacefurniture.co.uk/

Contact: Kirsty Lewis – Sales Office Manager

EFR Travel Group provide global corporate travel services for business professionals who are looking for a highly knowledgeable travel supplier who truly understands and delivers quality, value and service. Providing an outstanding product range supported by class leading technology, proven and tested systems and best in class procurement mechanisms. Highly experienced and knowledgeable travel experts delivering exceptional service with market leading pricing.

AcademicLabs is the leading scientific landscaping and intelligence platform relied upon by the most innovative pharmaceutical and biotech companies.  It unites the world’s scientific knowledge, experts, startups, and pharma R&D in one place to provide ease to scientists and other life sciences professionals in acquiring strategic insights in seconds.

OBN Members receive a 10% discount on AcademicLabs set pricing.

1 Licence, List price €2,500, OBN Member price €2,250

3 Licences, List Price €5,000, OBN Member price €4,500

If you would like to take up this offer, look at more licences or book a demo of the system, please contact Francesco Ruospo

Francesco Ruospo
CBO of AcademicLabs
Skype:francesco.ruospo
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Preferential OBN member rates for participating in the premier remuneration survey of the UK BIoIndustry. This is run annually with a publication date in October. Discounts also available for purchasing the survey. Note: only R&D companies are eligible to participate in or purchase this product.

Protect your business from cybercrime

Every biomedical and life science company, large or small, is now a target for cyber criminals.  Are you concerned about how to protect your business from cybercrime, including ransomware attacks and theft of confidential business information?

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This is proportionate, affordable, ongoing security, which protects businesses against cybercrime.

It starts with an assessment of your cyber risks. Mitigo then take care of the three areas needed to keep your business safe:

Technology

  • On and off site technology assessments
  • Penetration testing
  • Vulnerability assessments and vulnerability scanning
  • Controls and configuration

People competence

  • E-learning
  • Testing
  • Simulated phishing

Governance

  • Policies
  • Cybersecurity handbook
  • Control and risk management framework
  • Risk management platform

This includes a dedicated expert client Helpdesk & Sandbox to which suspicious content may be sent.

Mitigo also provides Emergency cyber breach response, which includes:

  • Emergency incident response and containment
  • Forensics and investigation
  • Assistance on reporting obligations

Certifications include:

  • Cyber Essentials
  • Cyber Essentials Plus
  • IASME Governance
  • ISO 27001

Mitigo is offering OBN members a free cybersecurity assessment to help you understand the areas of your business that are most vulnerable to attack.

Find out more about Mitigo’s cybersecurity solution.

Resources:

Cyber Security Matters: https://shorturl.at/GL6aY

PLUS: Check out the latest Mitigo Cyber Q&A: https://soundcloud.com/mitigo-cybersecurity/mitigo-qa-beware-of-the-ransomware

eMolecules offers the industry’s leading and most powerful specialty chemistry search-and-fulfilment platform for early drug discovery researchers. We provide direct access to the largest in-stock chemical space, sourced from a trusted global network of over 120 suppliers so you can plan your syntheses with confidence.

The eMolecules platform offers >4.1 million chemical building blocks and >20 million screening compounds that are readily available or can be quickly made on-demand using proven reactions.

Trusted by the world’s top pharmaceutical and biotech companies, eMolecules provides real-time search results and availability data, offering unmatched choice and selection flexibility from the widest range of brands, pack sizes, pricing and shipping options, with near-100% reliable on-time delivery.

Perform chemical searches across multiple structures from multiple vendors, consolidate your requirements on a single order with eMolecules and we’ll take care of the rest.

 

Contact us today to gain instant access to the compounds you need at preferential pricing for OBN members.

 

Contact:  Farkhanda Raja, European Account Manager

 

Guaranteed phospho-specific* custom antibody production at a reduced price

  • Affinity purified phospho-specific and non-phospho antibody.
  • phospho and non-phospho peptide.
  • control sera.
  • ELISA results and project report.

* the affinity purified antibody does not recognise the non-phospho peptide.

 

We offer OBN members a no-cost, no-obligation review of your current risk management programme, including insurance arrangements, business protection and employee benefits.

If you operate in the healthcare, life sciences, medical device, pharma, or technology sectors, the insurance you need is far from standard – it is specialist and requires expert advice.

Our highly knowledgeable and experienced team is available to help you through the complexities of the cover needed to protect you, your business and your people.

As a member of OBN, our dedicated team is here to help you. Face to face or video appointments to suit your requirements.

Paul Monaco Cert CII

07968 515305

paul.monaco@partnersand.com

Hanna Beaumont FIRM

07797 473071

Hanna.beaumont@partnersand.com

Company Information Visit Partners& website

Offer: Free Preliminary Design/Cost Consultancy

LABORATORY FIT-OUT & REFURBISHMENT

We bring together a team of experienced specialists to provide a bespoke solution for the design and installation of your new laboratory facilities (CL1-3).

We are a unique organisation providing a single point of contact. Whether you need a small-scale research laboratory or complex R&D facility, the Bulb team can help you choose the right property, create a practical design solution, achieve value for money and manage the delivery of a quality project, right first time.

Dr Manisha Kulkarni, our Laboratory Specialist has years of laboratory user experience to understand your work-flows, compliance and equipment needs.

Considering a feasibility study? Get in touch.

Derek Jones
Pre-Contracts Director

AVER provides a decontamination evaluation and contracting service; – identifying the contamination liabilities that are likely to be present as a result of past use of a facility.  This can be when vacating premises, as part of dilapidations assessments, or on taking-up new facilities that have previously been in-use. AVER offers a free initial consultation service to OBN members; – the facilities are viewed and a preliminary appraisal provided which can then be used as a start point for potential decontamination requirements.

Company Information Visit AVER website

Discount on all Penningtons Manches’ private client services (drafting of Wills and codicils, probate work and lasting powers of attorney
Free 1 hour consultation with commercial lawyer.

Anna Burnside

Selleck Biotechnology Limited provides signalling inhibitors, modulators and compound libraries with terrific validation, customer reviews, product citations, tech support and prompt delivery.

  • Significant Discounts On Small and Bulk Orders
  • Free Shipping On All Orders
  • Free Animal Formulation Testing
  • Free Bulk Order Repackaging Services
  • Excellent and Prompt Support

Please contact: 

Stefan Cook: stefan.cook@selleckchem.com
Elle Parker: Elle.parker@selleckchem.com

DIALOGUE LANGUAGE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL

Dialogue unlocks your international growth. We give you the confidence to communicate on a level playing field through translations, cultural and language training.

Using medical translators and trainers who are experts in your field is essential in ensuring patient safety and 100% accuracy in translations of your hospital reports, diagnostic apps, clinical research or PILs and language training of medical professionals. We have produced and taught content in over 200 languages, for companies such as Omron, Cambridge Cognition and the NHS.

  • 30 years’ experience
  • ISO ATC 17100 quality-certified
  • OBN member: industry insight
  • Medical experts based in-country
  • Technical expertise in Life Sciences & MedTech
  • Strategic and collaborative language partner

At heart, Dialogue supports companies working globally to communicate and grow more effectively.

Interested in finding out how we might be able to partner with you? Get in touch and arrange a free, no-obligation language strategy consultation. Alternatively, email Cathy Branson for more information or give us a call on +44 (0) 1865 596 980.

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If you have any questions about OBN’s Purchasing Consortium then please contact:

Lee Pratley Head of Purchasing & Membership lee.pratley@obn.org.uk

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