Our History

Q1 Scientific is established in Waterford by serial entrepreneur Louise Grubb with a 5,000sqft facility. Q1 Scientific was the first company in Ireland to specialise in the provision of a stability storage and sample management service

Official Opening by Minister John Perry with the creation of 10 new jobs for the South East. Pictured with Minister John Perry is Tom Brennan, Patsy Carney and Q1 Scientific founder Louise Grubb.

Successful GMP Certification following a HPRA audit

‘Best New Start Company’ at the Munster region final of the InterTrade All Ireland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition

Ulster Bank Achievers Award

Operational Excellence Finalist in the Start-up Company of the Year at the Pharma Industry Awards

Business finalists in the David Manley Awards

Successful GMP Certification following a HPRA audit

Winner of Pharma Start-up Company of the Year at the Pharma Industry awards

Founder Louise Grubb is shortlisted for EY ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’

The first unit was filled, and an adjoining unit was taken over increasing the operations size by another 5,000sqft

Our bespoke Electronic Sample Tracking System (ESTS) goes live

Successful HPRA audit for the storage of controlled drugs and active substances (in 2018 the HPRA officially announced they would not be continuing to audit storage facilities).

Finalist for ‘Pharma Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Pharma Contract Service Company of the Year’ at the Pharma Industry Awards.

Another unit acquired, taking the total footprint to 15,000sqft.

Finalist for ‘Pharma Company of the Year – SME’, ‘Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year’ and ‘Pharma Supplier of the Year’ at the Pharma Industry Awards

Winner of ‘Contract Services Company of the Year’ and shortlisted for ‘Pharma Company of the Year SME’ at the Pharma Industry Awards

Shortlisted for ‘Business of the Year’ at the Waterford Chamber Business Awards

Completed the company’s third and fourth expansions taking the facility to 20,000 square feet of pharmaceutical storage with over 7000 storage spaces

The ‘Science of Business’ podcast series launched. This podcast series shares the insights, career journeys, the start-up phase and behind the scenes stories from one of Ireland’s most successful business sectors

Launched the Q1 Scientific webinar series designed for those working in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors with responsibility for designing and managing stability studies

Shortlisted for ‘Contract Services Company of the Year’ at the Pharma Industry Awards

Q1 Scientific wins ‘Business of the Year’ and founder Louise Grubb is awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the Waterford Chamber Business Awards

Q1 Scientific gains ISO 9001 certification

Cambrex, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organisation providing drug substance, drug product, and analytical services across the entire drug life cycle, announced the acquisition of Q1 Scientific on 1st June 2022.