Scotland’s life sciences sector is at the forefront of driving innovation in drug discovery and serving the pharmaceutical industry. Over 150 young, innovative companies at the cutting edge of essential capabilities such as precision medicine, data-driven drug discovery and preclinical assays enable some of the largest pharmaceutical companies across the world to advance their programmes and optimise their processes. With capabilities covering the full supply...
For life sciences enterprises and leaders in Scotland who want to be part of shaping the environment and initiatives that will drive the success of the sector, the Industry Leadership Group welcomes people who share our ambition, values and motivation to contribute to join our workstreams. Find out more about the ILG and its members Our workstreams include: Data and Digital Sustainable Production Internationalisation...
Scotland’s Life Sciences Industry Set to Generate £8bn by 2025 Working in partnership with academia, healthcare professionals and Scottish Government, Scotland’s Life Sciences Industry is well on track to realise the vision set by the Industry Leadership Group of contributing £8bn to the Scottish economy by 2025. This is due to a focus on and commitment to all elements critical to the enterprise lifecycle: research,...
More than 500 new jobs are to be created as part of plans to establish a global health research, development and manufacturing hub. Life sciences giant LumiraDx has announced a £78 million investment in its current Scottish operations which could see up to 750 jobs created over the next three years. Supported by a £15 million grant from Scottish Enterprise, the posts will be located...
Scotland’s appetite for collaboration and inclusive network of ambitious professionals is combined with a physical, concentrated infrastucture of life sciences hubs, world leading universities and healthcare systems. Scotland provides a highly concentrated ecosystem of bespoke facilities deliberately located at the heart of academic and health clusters that connect industry to world leading research and health professionals and support business growth. This physical infrastructure is enhanced...
Skills Development Scotland’s Life Sciences sector benefits from a highly skilled and internationally recognised workforce. Our Life and Chemical Sciences Skills Investment Plan, developed in partnership with industry, ensures that businesses can take advantage of growth opportunities whilst simultaneously ensuring resilience when faced with challenges. Specifically, the skills development programmes and initiatives have been designed to address and drive the most significant advances in the...
In recent years, global food supply networks have come under greater scrutiny than ever before. While some of this has been driven by media coverage of cases of food safety – including the presence of harmful bacteria or the use of illegal medicines – and food authenticity – including the ‘horsemeat scandal’ – it has also been driven by the evolution of international standards and...
Scotland’s world-leading industry of pharmaceutical innovation and drug discovery services have been built on a foundation of historical breakthroughs including the world’s first vaccine against viral Hepatitis B and Sir James Black’s Nobel prize winning discovery of beta blockers. Scotland’s life sciences industry has also discovered and developed world-leading treatments including Salbutamol the world’s best-selling asthma treatment, Zantac for peptic ulcers, the best-selling muscle relaxant...
With a national focus on addressing the world’s biggest health challenges through data-driven health solutions and digital innovation, HealthTech is one of the most strategically important sectors to Scotland’s life sciences industry and its work in supporting the NHS to innovate, optimise and redesign healthcare pathways. Scotland’s HealthTech industry of over 250 companies including multinationals such as Thermo Fisher, Medtronic and Terumo Aortic and a...
Scotland’s Life Sciences sector benefits from an abundance of innovation and world-leading research that has been translated into businesses and organisations with specific capabilities to serve the discovery and development of therapeutics, the creation of innovative healthcare solutions and the circular economy. Furthermore, with an infrastructure of support to digitalise process and manufacturing, realise the potential of data and nurture the right skills and talent...