The UK’s Life Sciences Sector Plan may be bold — but it’s destined to disappoint unless we pick up the pace. It sets out 33 government-backed actions to ensure the UK becomes Europe’s leading life sciences economy by the end of this decade, and the third largest globally (behind the US and China) by 2035. We’re a very long way off. To have any chance of realising this goal, we must embrace innovation rather than focus relentlessly on low drug costs.
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