Fort Richard Laboratories Ltd

Founded in 1974, Fort Richard Laboratories began life as McGaw Ethicals, a small media making division purchased from pharmaceutical company BioMed. Potential was seen for laboratories to buy in ready-made media – saving technicians valuable time from making it themselves. The concept was well accepted in the market, and the company secured the exclusive licence for Difco and then Becton Dickinson (BD) after a buy-out of the former.