History
Durbin is a specialist medical supply company that sources and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and consumable supplies to healthcare professionals in over 180 countries worldwide, with offices in the UK and USA.
Established for over 50 years, the company has set up its operation to act a one-stop-shop able to deal with healthcare supply needs from local project level to national scale tenders, supplying over 20,000 branded / generic pharmaceuticals and medical and consumable products.
The company’s main divisions encompass everything from International Sales through Sales to NGO’s and Charities, Clinical Trials Supply, Managed Access Programs, Imported (Unlicensed Medicines), Sexual Health Supplies, and the storage and distribution of medical products and devices for third parties. In 2014, Durbin acquired US based medical supplier Pharmaceutical Trade Services Inc. (PTSI), now called Durbin USA.
Durbin’s 165 strong team possess a wide range of in-house skills and includes pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, medical engineers, commercial executives, administrators, warehouse and logistics staff. Customers include trusts, hospitals, retail chemists and GPs as well as multilateral organisations, NGOs, charities, religious health facilities, government agencies, pharmaceutical wholesalers and traders.
Durbin has over 30,000 sq feet of warehouse space located close to Heathrow Airport. This is fitted out to the highest standards including a state-of-the-art evaporative cooling system as well as 5 walk-in fridges for items requiring storage between 2-8°C, plus a ‘warm room’ for items requiring storage between 15-25°C. The company has preferential rates with all the major freight forwarding companies and can ship most items at a moments notice, truly reflecting the company ethos of ‘saving lives by saving time’.
Durbin have won many awards including ‘Most Outstanding Medical Supply Firm – UK’ at the Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards 2016, Export Excellence in the Americas category at the UK Export Excellence Awards 2016, and most recently ‘Exporter/International Business of the Year’ at the West London Business Awards 2017.
In 2013, Leslie was awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours list for services to the Pharmaceutical Industry and to Charity.
