National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls website
Health Protection Agency site ecommerce functionality
The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) is a centre of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the global leader in the field of biological standardisation, responsible for developing and producing over 90% of the International Standards in use around the world to assure the quality of biological medicines.
The Institute is the UK's Official Medicines Control Laboratory (OMCL), responsible for testing of biological medicines within the framework of the European Union. NIBSC scientists have an international reputation for excellence in research and are widely consulted on issues of biological medicine safety and efficacy. The Institute has a particularly close relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is the leading WHO International Laboratory for Standards and is a centre of the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA).
Challenge
NIBSC use the Alterian Content Management System (Immediacy) to power their website, which allows visitors to search through a catalogue of products. The Institute had made the decision to allow visitors to place orders and and now needed a trusted specialist to implement the functionality.
Approach
Fusionworkshop were engaged to build secure ecommerce functionality with full authentication. With an objective of making it quicker and simpler for customers to search for and order their products, the Fusionworkshop team worked with NIBSC to improve site usability and information architecture.
Results
The resulting NIBSC website is now fully ecommerce enabled and up and running with a robust and secure ordering system. Website visitors continue to place orders online in a secure environement.
The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) is a centre of the Health Protection Agency (HPA), and its mission is to assure the quality of biological medicines.
www.nibsc.ac.uk
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