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Coulter Partners successfully led the search for Hans T. Schambye, MD, PhD for his appointment to the Board of Directors at BOOST Pharma.

With Rare Disease Day coming up next weekend, we at BIA are taking time to reflect on our important advocacy and thought leadership in this space, but also on what we hope to achieve in terms of boosting our influence collectively alongside our Charity Partner of the Year.

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult is launching a Technology Advisory Board to accelerate the UK’s leadership in advanced therapies.

It’s been an energising week across the UK life sciences landscape, marked by major investment, important conversations and new opportunities for our community.

In this blog, Jane Wall, Managing Director of the BioIndustry Association (BIA), reflects on a roundtable with the Milken Institute and Jill Biden.

Coulter Partners successfully led a search assignment for Concept Life Sciences and is pleased to announce the placement of Dr. Adam Davenport as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).

To mark National Apprenticeship Week (9 - 15 February), Kent’s science and technology hub Discovery Park is calling for more young people to consider higher apprenticeships as a route into rewarding careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths).

A bumper update today as we highlight the critical importance of building UK capability and innovation leadership as geopolitics continues to provide uncertainty.

PIR International recently partnered with Maxion Therapeutics in appointing Helen Timmis as VP of Clinical Development.

ARC has launched Motherlabs Oxford, a new purpose-built life sciences accelerator space at its ARC Oxford campus, expanding its early-stage laboratory offering in response to sustained demand across the sector.

What an incredible night! Last Thursday, we welcomed a record 780 of you to the Roundhouse for the 2026 BIA Gala Dinner. It was a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and sheer brilliance of our community.

In this blog, Saqib Lal, Head of Content at BIA, reflects on a stellar Gala Dinner. He describes it as a moment to pause and recognise the extraordinary people who make the UK life sciences sector a global powerhouse. This year, as a record 780 guests gathered at the iconic Roundhouse for an evening that demonstrated renewed ambition and positivity. 

Coulter Partners successfully led a search assignment for Kaffe Bueno and is pleased to announce the placement of Thomas Durhuus as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) has recognised the achievements of Dr Ruth McKernan CBE, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, investor and former Chair of the BIA Board, with the inaugural Chiswell Lifetime Achievement Award.

PIR International recently partnered with Dynamic42 in appointing Wolfgang Kintzel as Executive Chair

Coulter Partners, the global expert building leadership teams for Health, Science and Technology innovation businesses, successfully led a search assignment for TreeFrog Therapeutics and is pleased to announce the placement of Mark Rothera as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

With a number of unprecedented leaks, speculation and media briefings indicating potential wide ranging and significant tax rises, in the end the 2025 Autumn Budget seemed to be one of restraint and headline rates remained untouched.

Coulter Partners successfully completed a search assignment for mOm Incubators and to place Daniel Green as Chief Operating Officer.

We’re excited to launch She Steers, NEDs in Biotech, a specialist Non-Executive Director (NED) board programme created for women across life sciences and biotech.

J.P. Morgan’s healthcare conference may be wrapped up, but it has set some tangible momentum and without doubt a more buoyant mood for global life sciences going into 2026.