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Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre

Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre rather than just read about it. In short: The Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre was a research centre in Alnwick. History It was also known as the Alnwick Research Center.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre was a research centre in Alnwick.

History It was also known as the Alnwick Research Center. It was part of the Sterling Research Group, owned by Sterling Drug. It was taken over by Sanofi-Aventis, run by Sanofi R&D. Former research took place at the Winthrop Laboratories site near the current Fawdon Metro station, which became Sanofi, on Edgefield Avenue in Fawdon; this site made Panadol and Solpadeine. In 1978 the company wanted to open a research site at Dukes House in Hexham, on a site of 38 acres, north of the building. Two sites at Cramlington and Alnwick were looked at by Northumberland County Council. There were protests by a local anti-vivisection group, but sixth formers from the Duke's County Grammar School were at the meeting to support the new research centre, in March 1979. The job situation in Alnwick, at the time, was not prosperous. The company chose the Alnwick site in July 1979. It would cost around £6m. and construction would start by the end of the year. The director of research was Alastair Ross. Construction started on 1 September 1980, being built by Rush & Tompkins, and it would cost £8m. Alnwick District Council contributed around £300,000 to the site, with the associated infrastructure needed. It opened in April 1982, costing £11m, with 35 acres, and 130,000 sq ft of buildings. The second phase would open later in the year, with 200 people.

Operation The site looked at medical safety and toxicology. Sterling Winthrop in UK had its headquarters at Sterling Winthrop House on St Margaret's Hill, in Surbiton. In June 1994, Sanofi bought Sterling Winthrop in the UK for £1.1bn from Eastman Kodak. On Monday 29 August 1994, SmithKline Beecham bought out Sterling Winthrop in the US for £1.9bn

Closure The site was near a Homebase and Argos. The site was put up for sale by Sanofi-Aventis in 2009.

Structure It was sited off the A1068 near the junction with the A1, in the south of Alnwick.

References

External links Sanofi in the UK

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre

In research: Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alnwick, Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom, Pharmaceutical research institutes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre in simple terms?

The Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre was a research centre in Alnwick. History It was also known as the Alnwick Research Center.

Why does Sterling-Winthrop Research Centre matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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