Private company

Vernalis plc

Logo: Vernalis plc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

UK-based pharmaceuticals business

Vernalis plc was a UK-based pharmaceuticals business headquartered in Winnersh, with research in Cambridge, and with a Berwyn, PA, US-based commercial operation, Vernalis Therapeutics Inc., focusing on the sales and marketing of slow-release formulations of prescription cough and cold medicines. Tuzistra XR (codeine polistirex/ chlorpheniramine polistirex) was the first launched product which arose from this strategy, however sales did not reach expectations.2 It employed 75 people in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1
  • Industrybiotechnology, pharmaceutical industry1
  • HeadquartersWinnersh1
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • LEI2138004C6IRJ5KXAHX813
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address100 BERKSHIRE PLACE, RG41 5RD Winnersh, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 023049923

Vernalis plc was a UK-based pharmaceuticals business headquartered in Winnersh, with research in Cambridge, and with a Berwyn, PA, US-based commercial operation, Vernalis Therapeutics Inc., focusing on the sales and marketing of slow-release formulations of prescription cough and cold medicines. Tuzistra XR (codeine polistirex/ chlorpheniramine polistirex) was the first launched product which arose from this strategy, however sales did not reach expectations.2

Leadership

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Employees over time

  • 2018751

Timeline

  1. 2008New chief executive Ian R. Garland becomes CEO1
  2. 2003New chief executive Simon J. Sturge becomes CEO1
  3. 2003Founded Founded1

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