Medical firm's plans for 'flagship' research hub

A HUGE global medical firm has announced plans for a new 'flagship' hub in Manchester.

- By CHRIS SLATER & HOLLY WILLIAMS

Convatec, which specialises in medical products and technologies, has announced plans to invest a billion dollars into worldwide research and development (R+D), including around £500 million in the UK.

This will see the opening of the new 'state-of-the-art' facility in Manchester in 2027, the firm announced.

It will be located at Citylabs 4.0, the £42m, 125,000 sq ft Bruntwood SciTech facility on Hathersage Road facing the Manchester Royal Infirmary, St Mary's and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital site in south Manchester.

Convatec says its centre will become one of the largest facilities in its worldwide network.

It will be the location for vital research in four main fields - advanced wound care; ostomy care; continence care, and infusion care - and will place the firm 'at the forefront of medical technology development, it said.