The Science Museum Director’s Dinner on 10th May 2018 saw Kartar Lalvani OBE, Founder & Chairman of Vitabiotics, awarded a Science Museum Fellowship. Professor Lalvani of the nutritional healthcare company renown for its vitamins products received his Fellowship alongside HRH The Princess Royal, Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive Designate of the newly formed UK Research and Innovation and Dame Margaret Weston (in absentia), former Director of the Science Museum from 1973-86. The Fellowship was awarded in recognition of Professor Lalvani’s pioneering research on nutritional healthcare, which began in 1971 when he founded Vitabiotics and which has recently been recognised with its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. Professor Lalvani, who has been a Science Museum Group (SMG) Patron for a number of years, has also committed to becoming a Major Sponsor for the the museum’s new Medicines Galleries, set to open in 2019.
About the Science Museum Medicines Gallery
Based on the collections of Sir Henry Wellcome and the Science Museum, the Medicine Galleries will celebrate one of the largest and most significant medical collections in the world. Over 2500 extraordinary medical artefacts, spanning more than 500 years of history, will enable visitors to discover how all our lives have been transformed by changes in medical research and practice. Set to open in autumn 2019, as a permanent display, the Medicine Galleries have been designed by architecture practice WilkinsonEyre and will cover more than 3000m2, an area big enough to park 185 ambulances.
The Medicine Galleries have been made possible by a £10 million grant from Wellcome (Title Funder), £8 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund – thanks to the National Lottery Players – and further support from GSK (Principal Sponsor), the Wolfson Foundation (Major Funder) and Vitabiotics (Major Sponsor). The galleries will be free to visit and are set to open in autumn 2019.
Vitabiotics Founder and Chairman, Prof. Kartar Lalvani OBE, said: “Vitabiotics has always put scientific research at the core of its products and philosophy, with the message ‘Science of healthy living’. We are therefore immensely proud to support this project at the iconic Science Museum and, given our understanding of the role of vitamins and minerals in the body, we are delighted to be supporting ‘The Body’s Building Blocks’ section of the Gallery, which is especially close to our heart.”
About The Science Museum
As the home of human ingenuity, the Science Museum’s world-class collection forms an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical achievements from across the globe. Welcoming over 3 million visitors a year, the Museum aims to make sense of the science that shapes our lives, inspiring visitors with iconic objects, award-winning exhibitions and incredible stories of scientific achievement.
For further information visit sciencemuseum.org.uk
About Vitabiotics
Vitabiotics is a British company committed to human health and research which has pioneered advances in nutritional healthcare for over 45 years. As the UK’s No.1 vitamin company, Vitabiotics has created a unique portfolio of products at the forefront of scientific developments in key sectors, with no fewer than eleven brands in the top 20 VMS brands in the UK, including Pregnacare, Wellman and Wellwoman. Vitabiotics is widely acknowledged as leaders in innovation and in 2013 became the first vitamin company to receive the Queen’s Award for Innovation, awarded for its groundbreaking clinical research. As the fastest growing major vitamin company in the UK, Vitabiotics exports to over 100 countries, and has twice received the Queen’s Award for International Trade. Designed to provide maximum efficacy by supporting the human body in its own natural processes, each product is developed using the latest research available and is produced to the highest pharmaceutical standards.
For further information visit www.vitabiotics.com