About Us & Meet The Commercial Team

- Our Mission -
Biopharma Group presents expertise in the fields of freeze drying products & technologies, R&D consultancy, analysis, process development, training courses, solvent removal, high pressure homogenisation, powder fillers and preparative chromatography products.
We are proud not to be a catalogue company. Our aim is to provide you with equipment that best meets your process requirements and to remain on-hand for whatever advice and assistance you might need. The key to our success is our years of experience in the processing industries and our in-depth knowledge of the equipment we supply. We have an experienced service department and strong links with our suppliers to enable us to support you throughout the life of your equipment, and our on-site freeze drying laboratory offers a range of services in product and process development.
About Us
As a group, we have several dedicated divisions covering the UK, France, Ireland and USA, each with the aim to meet the precise needs of our customers’ projects appropriate to the size and stage by augmenting their in-house expertise whether to buy equipment, training, a single cycle run/ analysis or a full formulation development programme and work together to make each project a success.
Equipment Sales & Service:
Established in 1989, this division is a leading supplier of capital equipment to the pharmaceutical, biotech & process industries across the UK, Ireland and France, with a specialisation in freeze drying & associated technologies from volumetric powder fillers to aseptic processing lines. Most recently, Faster airflow products including microbiological safety cabinets, fume cupboards and more have been added to the equipment range portfolio.
With many years of expertise in the processing industries plus in-depth knowledge of the equipment supplied, our in-house, experienced technical service team enables us to support the working life of not only the freeze dryer equipment ranges, but also the high pressure homogenisers, volumetric powder fillers and vial handling equipment we offer.
Additionally, Biopharma Group remains at the forefront of analytical instrumentation development, having designed and developed a range of advanced analytical instruments i.e. the Lyostat5 freeze drying microscope (FDM), Lyotherm3 DTA & impedance analyser & most recently, the MicroPress for quantifying lyo-cake robustness.
R&D Consultancy & Lyo-Lab Analytical Services:
In 1997 our R&D consultancy & lyo-lab analysis division was formed to provide unbiased contract research, analysis & development services, training and analytical instrumentation internationally. We offer uniquely comprehensive services & training courses (scheduled or customised) covering aspects of freeze drying technology from pre-formulation studies through to sample production & dried product analysis.
Biopharma Technologies France (BTF) offers a combined proposition of capital equipment sales plus the expertise of the consultancy/ analytical lab analysis team giving our French-speaking clients a one-stop option. Biopharma Technology LLC (USA) concentrates on providing analytical instruments, lyo-lab services and training courses whilst BPS Crowthorne in Ireland combines the expertise offered by Biopharma Group with that of our sister company Crowthorne Group, who are the UK’s largest cleanroom validation service providers.
Meet The Commercial Team

Andrew Cowen
Group Chairman
Directors

Dr. Kevin Ward
Director of R&D

Patrick (Paddy) Conway
Technical & Service Director

Dr. Roberto Castangia
Group Sales Director

Andrew Howells
Group Operations Director
Sales & Marketing Team

Richard Lewis
Head of Equipment Sales UK & Ireland

Charis Hickey
Head of Marketing

Ian Bailey
Senior Business Development Executive (Genevac Product Specialist)

Marta Schiano Moriello
Business Development Executive (Lyophilisation & Powder Filling Product Specialist)

Maria-Théresa D’Cruze
Project Sales Co-ordinator

Sebastian Prisacariu
Capital Equipment Sales Executive – UK

Elena Walker
Digital Marcomms Coordinator

Gemma Strongitharm
Clean Air Brands Marketing Manager

Doug Scott
Airflow Product Specialist – Northern Region (UK)

Stephen Pygott
Airflow Product Sales Executive – Southern Region (UK)

Stephen Jones
Freeze Dryers Sales Executive

Szymon Bocynski
Marketing Assistant
Technical Service & Maintenance Team

Daniel Ruck
Senior Service Engineer (Freeze Dryers)

Clare Lees
Service Co-ordinator

Margaret Cameron
Service Assistant

Mike O’Keeffe
Service Engineer (Avestin & Freeze Dryers)

Andrew (Andy) Ray
Service Engineer (Freeze Dryers)

Lewis Trickett
Service Engineer (Freeze Dryers & Analytical Instruments)

Joe Gravier
Service Engineer

Cameron O’Connor
Service Engineer

Cal Smyth
Service Engineer – Ireland
Accounts, Quality & Administration Team

Clive Newman
Financial Controller

Claire Wakefield
Group Quality Assurance Manager

Melanie Miles
Senior Accounts

Laura Hiles
Accounts & Admin Assistant

Alex Woodward
Sales & Finance Administrator (Airflow Products)
