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    GlaxoSmithKline and King's College to help deliver doping control for London 2012

    GlaxoSmithKline and King's College to help deliver doping control for London 2012

    02 Nov 2009
    GlaxoSmithKline will was today announced as the Official Laboratory Services Provider for the London 2012 Games.

    The company will provide facilities and equipment to enable King's College London to operate a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory at Games time.

    Thousands of doping tests will take place over the course of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the 24-hour independently-run laboratory.

    King’s College London‘s Drug Control Centre has a track record in anti-doping control, analysing samples collected from athletes competing in major sporting events and training. Working with UK sport to implement the UK’s anti-doping policy in sport, the centre carried out more than 8,000 tests across 70 sports last year.

    London 2012 Chair Sebastian Coe said: 'Doping control is a requirement of any Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. 

    'We have taken a partnership approach to delivering it for London 2012 and I’m thrilled that GlaxoSmithKline is on board.

    'Its involvement, working with the King’s College experts will see world class facilities available for an independently run anti-doping operation throughout the Games.'

    GlaxoSmithKline becomes the 25th official domestic sponsor of the 2012 Games.