Welcome to the UK Pavilion at BIO 2023

We are delighted to showcase UK Life Sciences on our grand UK Pavilion at BIO 2023.

The UK provides a globally unique environment to accelerate medical breakthroughs and shape the future of global healthcare. Nowhere else in the world do you have access to a national healthcare service serving a population of 65 million, worldleading academic institutions and industry, supported by a dynamic medical regulator and some of the richest healthcare datasets in the world, not to mention some of the deepest capital markets in Europe. The impact of this collaboration between industry, Government and academia was clear during the UK’s leading research and innovation response to COVID-19, with the UK leveraging the structural pillars of its life sciences sector to tackle a global health problem. The UK has sought to build on its scientific successes during the pandemic with the Life Sciences Vision, which sets out a mission-based approach to tackling the great healthcare challenges, calling for innovative industry leaders to direct their creativity and resources to the prediction, early diagnosis and prevention of chronic diseases.

The Vision also sets out how the Government is committed to making the UK a globally leading location of life sciences investment and innovation and cement our position as a global Science Superpower.

There are few places in the world that can rival the UK for the density of its life sciences sector. The Crick Institute, Europe’s largest biomedical research centre is just a stone’s throw from Google’s DeepMind AI campus in London, which in turn is 30 mins by train from Europe’s largest cell and gene therapy cluster in Stevenage and an hour’s flight from Edinburgh’s Bioquarter – a 167-acre site for life sciences research and development. There is a huge amount of activity and innovation packed onto a relatively small island with great connectivity nationally and internationally. We are delighted to have representation from all corners of the UK on our Pavilion this year, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and Harwell campus in Oxfordshire offering a range of expertise across the life sciences sector.

Come and meet us at BIO to find out more about UK life sciences; whether you’re a UK SME, an international company looking to do business with the UK or part of an international delegation, we are eager to connect with you over the course of the week.