Our VDEC services

The Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) supports scientists at every stage of the vaccine and therapeutic medicine development process.

Our services are accredited to ISO 9001:2015, good laboratory practice (GLP) good clinical practice (GCP) or good manufacturing practice (GMP) quality standards as appropriate.

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We work with industry, academia and government. Contact UKHSA today to see how we can help you.

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Our working areas

Discovery and surveillance

bacterial and viral isolation
preparation of characterised bacterial and viral stocks
antigen discovery for novel and emerging viruses and bacterial pathogens
recombinant protein expression, purification and characterisation
antimicrobial discovery and evaluation

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

preventing AMR arising during treatment
combating or reversing existing drug resistance
reducing drug toxicity and treatment times
tackling multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections

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Pre-clinical

pre-clinical in vivo model development for infectious diseases
pathogen challenge models, protective efficacy studies and immunogenicity testing
advanced imaging including MRI in-life PET-CT and CT scanning
organ-on-a-chip or micro-physiological systems research
pathology and histopathology services
medical countermeasure testing
provision of data for regulatory submissions

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Clinical

development, characterisation and validation of immuno assays for clinical evaluation (Phase I-III)
virus neutralisation and pseudovirus assays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), multiplexed and functional cell-based assays
high throughput serology assays for emerging pathogens
provision of data for regulatory submissions

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Post-licensure

phase IV study support
provision of data for regulatory submissions

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Other services

biosafety and infection control services
high-containment laboratory and outbreak response training

Who we work with

We work collaboratively with partners in

government
academic institutes
non-governmental organisation (NGO) funding bodies
life science companies

Services offered by the Vaccine Evaluation and Development Centre (VDEC)