About 50 new jobs are coming to Witham thanks to the expansion of a pharmaceutical company.

William Ransom & Son, the country's oldest independent pharmaceutical company, already has premises in Stepfield, Witham.

But now it is moving its entire pharmaceutical manufacturing operation to the site.

Among the products it will turn out are Radian B muscle rub, increasingly popular in the export market, Metanium nappy rash cream, and gripe water.

The restructuring means about 50 jobs are moving to the area, in addition to the 40 already based there.

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Published Thursday, November 18, 2004

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