PHASTAR, the global, data focused CRO, is delighted to be announced today (Tuesday 23rd April) as winners of the highly coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the International Trade category.

PHASTAR’s win was down to its excellence in international trade and its exponential growth from a one-man operation in 2007, to a ten office, 250 staff company within the space of one decade. PHASTAR’s reputation as a quality provider of statistics, programming and data management services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries now sees it as one of the top 10 data focused CROs worldwide.

The Queen's Award, now in its 53rd year, focuses on outstanding achievement by UK businesses in several categories including innovation, international trade and sustainable development, with winning companies invited to a royal reception in Buckingham Palace and receiving an official grant of appointment from one of The Queen’s representatives.

Commenting on the win, Kevin Kane, PHASTAR’s Founder and CEO, stated: “I am so proud of what we as a company have achieved in our ten years in business. PHASTAR’s impressive year on year growth is down to the exceptional quality of our people, our culture and our reputation with our customers. Being announced as winners of the impressive Queen's Award for Enterprise is a huge accolade for us and spurs on our ambitious future international growth plans. As founder and CEO of PHASTAR, I am incredibly honoured to take a UK company and build an international business that continues to grow in a highly competitive market”.

PHASTAR has recently increased in foothold in the US with the opening of its Boston office and will continue to diversify its business locations with a keen interest in opening a base in Japan by the end of 2019. PHASTAR currently has offices across four continents and its ambitious future growth plans include increasing its staff numbers from 250 to 500 in the next four years.

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For further information please contact
Sarah Dunphy
Marketing Executive
0044 207 183 7062
Sarah.dunphy@phastar.com

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About PHASTAR
Headquartered in Chiswick, London and with offices across the UK (Canterbury, Macclesfield, Sheffield and Glasgow), PHASTAR is a global CRO offering statistical consulting, clinical trial reporting and data management services, by providing expert consultants and managing and delivering in-house projects, FSP style arrangements and preferred partnerships. PHASTAR’s number one priority is to ensure that the work we produce is of the highest quality: every project PHASTAR undertakes utilises our unique internal processes which are designed to ensure optimal quality.

All PHASTAR’s statistical, programming and data management staff are trained in the “PHASTAR Discipline” - our in-house approach to data analysis and collection. This comprises a set of common sense (but commonly ignored) principles that, if followed, guarantee error free outcomes. The “PHASTAR Discipline” also includes a series of intranet-based checklists highlighting potential pitfalls and points-to-consider when conducting clinical trials, enabling over 2,500 years of combined technical knowledge to be shared across the company.


About the Queen's Award
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK. The awards were first established in 1965 and since then over 7000 companies have achieved a Queen’s Award. The awards celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the way with pioneering products or services, delivering impressive social mobility programmes or showing their commitment to excellent sustainable development practices.