UK Life Sciences Industry
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What are Life Sciences?
The field of Life Sciences involves the study of living organisms. Today, the Life Sciences industry encompasses a diverse array of businesses and organisations engaged in the development and production of pharmaceuticals or medical technology (MedTech) products.
From synthetic biotechnology and chemical products to human health services and research specialists, the UK’s Life Sciences industry is a high-tech and innovative sector that is expanding in scale and significance.
Life Sciences are contributing to various healthcare objectives, including advancing dementia treatments, enabling early cancer diagnosis, discovering and developing vaccines, addressing cardiovascular diseases and more.
Life Sciences sector summary
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Here are the key facts about the Life Sciences sector. The sector has a turnover of £267.5bn currently, has received £33.9bn of investment and the sector is growing at 5.1% per year.
Life Sciences verticals
Our industry data goes deep. See the top verticals and specialisms making waves in the UK Life Sciences industry today.
Our Life Sciences RTIC is made up of 7 individual verticals. The top verticals in this sector include Human Health Services, and Research. You can find out more about the verticals by downloading our RTIC report, or by signing up for a free trial of The Data City platform.
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RTIC0078 Life Sciences 20281 companies
This field includes companies and organizations involved in research, manufacturing, human health, biology, biotechnology, and chemistry. Key components of the Life Sciences sector.
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Life Sciences: Biology and Biotech1326 companies
Companies working in the field of biology and biotechnology, may that be developing products or providing services.
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Life Sciences: Chemical Products and Services1290 companies
Companies working in the field of chemistry, developing products or providing services.
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Life Sciences: Environmental Sciences Products and Services2618 companies
Companies that work in the field of environmental monitoring, ecology, geography and/or any sector that directly investigates the state of inhabited territories
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Life Sciences: Human Health Services11909 companies
Companies providing health services
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Life Sciences: Life Sciences Manufacturing2013 companies
Companies that provide the technologies, products and services that enable manufacturing specialised in life sciences materials
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Life Sciences: Research2884 companies
Companies that base their economic activity in Life Sciences research
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Life Sciences: Synthetic Biotechnology350 companies
Companies involved in the use and development of synthetic biotechnology products in areas such as agriculture , healthcare and environmental sustainability.
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Life Sciences industry growth
Based on a growth rate of 5.1%, we expect that this sector could be worth £295.9bn by 2024. Below you can see our forecast of the growth of the sector.
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