A BEXLEY company is having a major hand in fighting to keep sport drug free.  

Versapak Doping Control in Erith makes tamper-evident anti-doping containers for testing athletes and has been inundated with calls from curious news outlets during and since the games. 

Managing director Leon Edwards said: "When Ye Shiwen, the young Chinese swimmer who was accused of doping hit the headlines, news reports needed an authoritative view of what was going on so came to us.

"This resulted in me being interviewed on national news bulletins and has led to more journalists wanting to understand more about the athlete dope testing process."

The company has been in Erith for more than 30 years and has 20 employees.

It is about to launch a new tamper-evident blood sample transport kit which will be used globally for anti-doping testing within sport.

Julia Smallbone is a company director who led the development of the new product.

She said: "We were very excited to see our company on national news. The team here are very proud of what we do and it was nice to get some recognition for a British business."