International PharmaScience Center (IPC), Copenhagen

More than 100 Swedes cross the bridge between Denmark and Sweden each day to go to work at the International PharmaScience Center (IPC) in Copenhagen, where 24 nationalities work side by side in the 80m high building - one of the highest in Scandinavia.

International PharmaScience Center employs close to 400 people. The majority work in the development centre where all Ferring’s product development activities were consolidated in 2002. Seventeen floors of an open plan office environment house service functions for Ferring’s Marketing and Sales companies, production sites and research centres.

The twenty storey high building was designed by the internationally renowned Danish architect Henning Larsen. It is built mainly of steel and glass and in the beginning of 2003 IPC was granted an award for "Building of the Year 2002".

Go to Working at Ferring for more information on the working environment and vacancies at IPC.

Snapshot

State of the art purpose built R&D facilities based in Scandinavia's leading biotech hub1 with overall responsibility for the coordination of all Ferring's R&D work.

Location

[url: "http://www.mediconvalley.com/" ]Medicon Valley, Copenhagen, Denmark

R&D focus

IPC conducts [url: "NR/exeres/EA87173A-76EF-499E-AE2E-042D49D54964.htm?NRMODE=Unpublished&wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished#pharmadev" ]pharmaceutical development, non-clinical development2 , clinical development3 and [url: "NR/exeres/A31460D9-7A55-45E1-8A22-6F2DADACDEBC.htm?NRMODE=Unpublished&wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished" ]regulatory affairs.

Employees

IPC employees are split between its different specialist areas. Pharmaceutical development and clinical development employ the largest number of people, followed by non-clinical development and regulatory affairs.

Speciality areas

IPC undertakes work on all Ferring therapy areas.

History

1999
Ferring's International PharmaScience Center was established

2002
Ferring's IPC moves into new purpose built state of the art facilities

Contact details

International PharmaScience Center
Kay Fiskers Plads 11
2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark

Tel:  +45 88 16 88 17
Fax: +45 88 16 88 19

Glossary Entries
1) biotech hub - A specified geographical area where a significant number of biotechnology related organisations such as biotech companies, universities and research institutes are gathered. Biotech hubs often benefit from government investment e.g. infrastructure, financial incentives, government research institutes and practical assistance. Examples include Medicon Valley in Northern Denmark/Southern Sweden and BioAlps near Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
2) non-clinical development - The non-clinical phase of drug development involves non-clinical safety, clinical pharmacology & experimental medicine, bioanalytical chemistry and regulatory affairs. Non-clinical trials are performed by various independent commercial, academic and government laboratories providing critical information for determining the most effective way to treat patients, and establish safe dosage levels.
3) clinical development - The processes through which clinical studies are undertaken to ascertain and further develop the clinical properties of the compound.

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