Medical Entomology Centre

Medical Entomology Centre Limited ("Medical Entomology Centre") is an active UK-based contract research organization specializing in laboratory testing and clinical evaluation of insecticides, repellents, pediculicides, devices, and materials aimed at controlling medically important arthropods such as lice, mosquitoes, ticks etc. Its core activities include protocol development/adoption for efficacy studies according to international standards like WHO/EPA/HSE/Biocides regulations. The company does not develop or commercialize its own drugs or devices but instead provides R&D support—including GCP-compliant clinical trials—for third-party clients globally across healthcare/public-health sectors targeting vector-borne disease prevention or ectoparasite management. Key leadership includes Ian Burgess who has directed operations since at least the early 2000s.