Durbin PLC

Established nearly 50 years ago in 1963 and based in Harrow, North West London, 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 projects, supplying over 20,000 branded, generic, medical and consumable products.

Durbin PLC’s 100 strong workforce possess a wide range of in-house skills and includes pharmacists, medical engineers, commercial executives, warehouse and logistics staff. Customers include multilateral organisations, NGOs, charities, religious health facilities, government agencies, pharmaceutical wholesalers and traders, hospitals, retail chemists and GPs.

In addition to its international sales business, Durbin PLC has divisions that handle clinical trial comparator procurement, early access programmes, ‘named-patient’ imported medicines, and sexual health supplies. The company also handles storage and distribution for a number of third-parties.

Durbin PLC has over 20,000 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 and walk-in fridges for items requiring storage between 2-8°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 has won several awards including International Business of the Year (Business Excellence Awards 2012), SME of the Year (Business Excellence Awards 2008) and the Coutts Family Business Award (London/Greater London) in 2009.

In 2013, Leslie was awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours list for services to the Pharmaceutical Industry and to Charity.