London has a long history as a centre for advancement in medicine and biology and today, together with Oxford and Cambridge, forms the ‘Golden Triangle’, a global hub for life sciences. Across the UK, there are 6,300 life sciences businesses, generating an £80.7bn turnover, and employing more than 256,000 people.
There are over 130 advanced therapies companies in the UK, with 60% residing in the greater southeast of England, including university spinouts such as Orchard Therapeutics, Autolus, Cell Medica, GammaDelta Therapeutics and Astellas.
London benefits from excellence and expertise within academia, industry and the National Health Service (NHS) and is a dynamic hub for spinouts, scaling companies and investment.
Home to world-leading universities, hospitals and an expansive patient pool, the region is a growing engine room for translational and experimental medicine, with several National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centres sitting between academia and the NHS and three of England’s Academic Health Sciences Centres.