NRI entrepreneur's pharma company receives Queen's award in UK

LONDON: Vitabiotics, a company founded by NRI entrepreneur Kartar Lalvani, has received the coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation for its research on vitamins.

'Vitabiotics', UK's largest supplier of minerals and vitamin supplements to the retail trade, won the award for the development of its Pregnacare range and in recognition of its successful Pregnacare clinic research.

This marks the third Queen's award that Vitabiotics has received, following awards for International Trade in 2003 and 2008.

"Vitabiotics' ambition has always been to create the very best, scientifically researched supplements for our customers. We are delighted to be recognised for this and as Britain's first ever vitamin company to receive a Queen's award for innovation, it is a huge honour to receive this accolade," said Lalvani, President of Vitabiotics.

"Vitabiotics has manufactured innovative healthcare products for over 40 years. I would like to thank all of our customers, suppliers and research partners for their support over the years," he said.