Moonshot Projects In Life Sciences Strategy Can Lift UK Over Brexit Hurdle

The long-awaited UK Life Sciences Strategy, part of the industrial strategy proposed after the May government took office in summer 2016, was released today. With input from major medtech organizations and UK-based pharma groups it charts a course ahead for the £64bn national life-sciences industry as the UK seeks to embrace its post-EU future.

The means to secure economic growth for the UK life-sciences industry over the next 15-20 years have been laid out in the UK's Life Science Industrial Strategy report, released today. Developed in consultation with the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy board, the strategy was commissioned by a reshuffled Conservative government in the wake of the 2016 Brexit vote.

Author of the report, Professor Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, wants the UK to invest in high-risk life sciences “moonshot” projects in the hope of...

Business secretary Greg Clark also today announced an initial £146m ($188m) investment in the sector to set up five new UK life science research centers over the next four...

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