Findings of the 2011 UK Life Science Start up report ‘Transition’

Press interviews with Dr Glenn Crocker from 12:00 on Thursday 1st December at QE11 Conference Centre or by prior arrangement

Commercial laboratories across the UK are becoming part of a silent, but significant revolution in the way the life science industry operates. The impact, according to the UK Life Science Start up report published today, is already affecting the way the industry is structured, how and where new start ups come from, and the source and nature of early-stage finance.
The overall picture is of an industry in transition, with a changing base of businesses and an evolving funding ecosystem.
The UK Life Science Start-up report 2011 is the second comprehensive study of early stage life science firms. This new study considers companies formed in the period 2006-2010 and allows a comparison with the findings of the 2010 report which looked at the period 2005-2009. The findings provide an insight into where the new start-ups are coming from, what fields they specialise in and the investment they are raising.
Author of the report and CEO of BioCity, Dr Glenn Crocker will draw from these findings, and call for action, in his presentation to the gathering of life science industry experts at the 2011 Genesis conference in London on 1st December.

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