Thermo Fisher Scientific
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"Laboratory tools, analytical instruments, diagnostics and biopharma services worldwide"
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific supplies the global scientific community with laboratory equipment, chemicals, analytical instruments, diagnostic products and pharmaceutical services. Its customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, hospitals, clinical laboratories, universities and research institutions, as well as organisations working in environmental analysis, industrial quality control and food safety. The company invests in research and development to improve its technologies and expand their scientific applications.
Formed in 2006 through the merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific, the group is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and reported approximately 125,000 colleagues worldwide at 31 December 2025. Its businesses span Life Sciences Solutions, Analytical Instruments, Specialty Diagnostics, and Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services, including clinical research and drug manufacturing. In the UK, its careers site describes 26 locations, with major sites in Horsham, Loughborough and Inchinnan, supporting customers including hospitals, universities and healthcare companies.
From clinical development to manufacturing
The clinical research business supports phases I to IV of development, work around and after regulatory approval, and services connecting trials with sites and patients. Alongside it, pharma services cover development, manufacturing and clinical trial services for small-molecule and large-molecule medicines. These activities sit within Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services.
Learning across a scientific organisation
Thermo Fisher’s published development framework combines formal and self-paced learning with coaching, mentoring and learning through work assignments. Thermo Fisher University provides online learning for colleagues, while manager training supports people at different stages of leadership. These are group development resources rather than a guarantee of a particular promotion or clinical qualification.
125000
Team Members
2006
Founded
Biotechnology
Sector
Hybrid
Work Environment