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Collaboration in the Life Sciences. November 2011. A Guiding Principle. Collaboration -> Innovation -> Success. 2. Especially in the Pharmaceutical Industry. No single company has all the necessary skills to develop a pharmaceutical drug
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Collaboration in the Life Sciences November 2011
A Guiding Principle Collaboration -> Innovation -> Success 2
Especially in the Pharmaceutical Industry No single company has all the necessary skills to develop a pharmaceutical drug No single country has all the necessary skills to develop a pharmaceutical industry Collaboration is vital, but… …choose your partners with care. 3
What to look for in a good partner? Scientific Excellence Supportive Environment Commercial Awareness Financial Competence 4 True for academic groups, companies and countries…
The UK’s Position in the Global Market Scientific Excellence Supportive Environment Commercial Awareness Financial Competence 6 True for academic groups, companies and countries…
A Key Feature… “Almost half of more than 90,000 research articles published by UK researchers in 2008 had a co-author from another country”.
…Creating a Success Story • In Europe, the UK biotech sector is developing • 40% of all biotechnology projects in pipeline • 45% of new biotech drugs in late stage clinical trials • The UK is a ‘super-cluster’ with organisations concentrated around centres of excellence • ‘Golden Triangle’ includes Cambridge, Oxford, London • 400+ biotechnology companies in the UK • Industry employs nearly 20,000 people directly • Generating revenues of $5 billion Possesses all round expertise in drug discovery and development, in a mature sector
A Dense Environment of Biotechnology Key bio-cluster hubs of Cambridge, London & Oxford Europe’s most dense region of life science companies A highly-connected ecology of life scientists, organisations and companies. Majority of UK’s life science research undertaken here Location of vast majority of major Pharma’s EMEA operations
Major Pharma in Golden Triangle Abbot Laboratories Actelion Almirral Amgen Astella Pharma AstraZeneca Baxter Healthcare Boston Scientific Bristol Myers Squibb Cambridge Consultants Chugai Pharma Europe Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd Eisai Europe Elan Pharma Eli Lilly & Co GE Healthcare Genzyme Gilead GlaxoSmithKline Huntleigh Healthcare Ipsen Johnson & Johnson Lundbeck Medtronic Merch Sharp & Dohme Mitsubishi Pharma Europe Napp Pharmaceutical Group Novartis Olympus Ono Pharma OSI Pfizer Philips Roche Sanofi Pasteur MSD Schering Plough Servier Shire Siemens Diagnostics Smiths Medical Stiefel Takeda Global R&D Centre Toyama Europe United Therapeutics UCB Celltech Unilever Vertex Wyeth
Future developments planned in the London - Cambridge Corridor Cambridge BioCluster GSK + Govt backed £170M science park on GSK campus for 2013 GSK Science Park, Stevenage Development of Cambridge Biomedical Campus Oxford Science Park BioPark Cluster, Welwyn Garden City Ongoing Expansion of Oxford Science Park London Bio and finance cluster UKCMRI planned for 2016 £500M World leading research institute
…and financial commitment Chancellor George Osborne has said the Government will protect the £4.6 billion science budget, which will see £220 million investment in the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation at St Pancras, London. NHS funding will increase from £104bn to £114bn over the next four years, the chancellor of the exchequer has confirmed. 13
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Conclusions • Success in the BioPharma industry will require new models of collaboration. • The UK has a world-class life science industry, geared to international collaboration • The ‘Golden Triangle’ is home to most of the UK’s BioPharma industry, and is continuing to thrive. • UKTI can provide practical and dedicated support to companies wishing to invest in the UK.
Nigel Whittle PhD MBA Technology Specialist |Life Sciences UK Trade & Investment1 Victoria StreetLondon SW1E 6SW M: +44 (0) 7931 520 480 T: +44 (0) 1223 890 068 E:nigel.whittle@uktispecialist.com W:www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk Contact Details UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that helps UK based companies succeed in international markets. It also assists overseas companies to bring high quality investment to the UK's vibrant economy.