Grand National winner Bob Champion paid a visit to healthcare group Wasdell last week, to thank them for sponsoring his 40th anniversary fundraising walk.

Healthcare group Wasdell has strengthened teams across the business with key appointments in order to underpin and maintain the growth and development of the company.

Swindon-based pharmaceutical business Wasdell has continued its ongoing investment in state-of-the-art machinery in order to boost productivity and keep up with the demand for their products and services across the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector.

Pharmaceutical and health product specialist group Wasdell has created more than 100 additional jobs since last November in order to fulfil new contracts for products to combat Covid-19.

Pharmaceutical and health product specialist group Wasdell has invested more than £640,000 in equipment to remain at the cutting edge of world patient safety.

Among the Swindon-based group’s new purchases are a vision inspection system that is able to spot if essential information is missing from labels, a highly accurate counter that ensures dosages in containers are precise, and a system that automatically identifies any anomalies in tablets and capsules, so that any that are damaged or incomplete are immediately withdrawn from the production line.

Pharmaceutical and health product specialist group Wasdell is on a recruitment drive so it can fulfil new contracts for products to combat coronavirus.

Contract wins to produce packaging for antiseptic cleaning products used in healthcare settings during the Covid-19 pandemic have meant the Swindon-based group needs more staff in a number of different disciplines.

Final revisions to an application for a Science Park that will enable pharmaceuticals firm Wasdell to increase its contribution to the medical supplies and healthcare industries have been submitted.

If approved, the Science Park will create at least 600 additional jobs within the Swindon economy.

The manufacturing of drug capsules for clinical trials has returned to Swindon for the first time in eight years, following an investment by pharmaceutical and health product specialist group Wasdell.

The group has invested in specialist machinery that can manufacture capsules for drugs being used by the pharmaceutical industry in small-batch clinical trials.

Pharmaceutical and health product specialist group Wasdell has moved part of its operation into a new 108,000 sq ft site at Groundwell Industrial Estate, North Swindon, in a bid to service additional contracts.

Wasdell, which has its head office at Blagrove, Swindon, opened a new €36m purpose-built facility in Dundalk, Ireland, last year in response to Britain’s planned departure from the EU.

Pharmaceutical and health product specialist company Wasdell are creating 30 brand new roles after securing a contract to supply medicines and dietary supplements direct to patients and consumers.

Wasdell, which has its head office at Blagrove, Swindon, is currently recruiting for a range of roles, including two qualified pharmacists, to fulfil its contract with a major health care company from its Groundwell estate premises.