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Pion Inc.(Uk) Ltd

UK company 02419461, incorporated on 4 September 1989.

Pion - Leader in Next-Gen Pharma Development

Unique Instruments and Services that Help Scientists Make Informed Decisions About Food and Drug Formulation from R&D to Manufacturing

Company number
02419461
Incorporated
4 Sep 1989
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
4 September 1989

Company number 02419461

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Legal name
PION INC.(UK) LTD
Company type
LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

2 events
18 Aug
2026

Accounts With Accounts Type Small

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04 Sep
1989

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2013
Funded years
2013, 2015
Age at first award
23 years

Projects

2015 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Evaluation of in-vitro tests to reduce animal testing in drug toxicology studies

1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2015

Awarded
£122,009
Total cost £162,679

Tens of thousands of animals are sacrificed every year in the UK during drug toxicity testing; many more worldwide. Toxicity testing is an important part of drug development. Newly discovered molecules are tested, as well as metabolites and new formulations. The tests are generally done on rats, mice and dogs. Many of these tests are not actually done to ...

2013 GRD Development of Prototype Lead participant

A New Instrument to Support Drug Formulation

1 Aug 2013 to 30 Jun 2014

Awarded
£218,130
Total cost £484,733

Our goal is to build a new instrument that can be used by pharmaceutical scientists to investigate formulations of “small molecule” drugs. The active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in most drugs on the market today are organic compounds with molecular weight of 500 or less which interact with receptors in the human body to produce a desired therapeutic...

2013 GRD Development of Prototype Lead participant

An Instrument to Simulate Subcutaneous Injection.

1 Aug 2013 to 31 Jan 2015

Awarded
£185,183
Total cost £411,518

We want to build an instrument to simulate what happens at the site of injection when a drug is administered subcutaneously into the human body. The instrument will be used to test newformulations, and to control the quality of manufactured batches of existing products. Many new drugs are biopharmaceuticals, such as proteins or peptides. Due to poor stabi...

Product types

Feasibility Studies GRD Development of Prototype