Our final blog of 2025 celebrates some excellent fundraising news to close the year, while highlighting key opportunities to engage with and shape the UK life sciences agenda — including the development of UK engineering biology, data policy, a cross-cancer research policy position and salary benchmarking.
Just one month after launch, five early-stage science companies have moved into the Leap incubator lab space at ARC West London. The first cohort of innovators joining Leap includes: Solveteq, Reseda Life Sciences, Tachmed, IgEDAPT, and Sea2Carbon.
London Life Sciences Week was a huge success last week, with significant increase in investors and life sciences execs coming together to connect and network. Combined with the news of two new significant fund raises from Sofinnova and Medicxi and progress towards completion of the British Growth Partnership Fund, it did feel that the sector found a lot to be hopeful about.
London Life Sciences Week kicked off last night with a buzzing reception at Somerset House and we’re looking forward to a jam-packed week of networking and events. Great to see the incredible hard work from the BIA and L&P teams come to life – shining a global light on the incredible UK ecosystem. At the same time, we’re seeing the UK take a leading role in pro-innovation regulation, from last week’s enactment of the Precision Breeding Act to Lawrence Tallon’s insights on the MHRA’s proportionate, strategic future approach, and now need the government to invest in the sector and ensure the commercial environment enables the UK to build on this world-beating foundation.
In this guest blog, Luis Lacerda and Suzanne Farid from UCL explore the transformative potential of engineering biology and its critical role in addressing sustainability challenges in medicines manufacturing.
A new industry briefing note developed by Pioneer Group in collaboration with the UK chemicals sector community highlights the urgent need for the sector to transition to a more sustainable, circular economy.
As the world becomes increasingly focused on environmental responsibility, the bioprocessing industry is transforming its approach to reduce its environmental footprint without compromising quality or safety. Take a look at case studies of BIA MAC companies creating sustainable models that can inspire similar changes across the industry.
With the Prime Minister calling a snap election set for 4 July, the BIA’s attention has turned to preparing for the next government. Meanwhile, Parliament Day, our flagship day of parliamentary engagement, has been postponed to the autumn. Official engagements with civil servants have also been restricted in accordance with the pre-election period of sensitivity.
With a general election widely expected to be called later this year, the BIA’s long-established relationships with senior parliamentarians have been of particular importance this quarter. From launching the Labour Party’s Life Science Sector Strategy in Stevenage in January to hosting Science Minister Andrew Griffith MP at our Gala Dinner, we continue to represent the sector at the highest levels.
The BIA has coined the term ‘Deep Biotech’ to capture companies working in this biotech space. This report aims to shine a light on some of the innovative companies using engineering biology to positively disrupt the environmentally damaging industries that modern society relies on.
The BioIndustry Association (BIA) continued to represent the innovative life science and biotech sector to Ministers and senior policymakers between July and October 2023.
The drive towards Net Zero will require collaboration across many sectors. That’s the conclusion following the first Energy, Tech & Sustainability Expo, hosted by leading science and innovation campus, Discovery Park.
With environmental concerns growing every day, sustainability is rapidly becoming a household word, with research institutions being no exception. Yet many labs are still unaware that they can become more sustainable with minimal effort or spending. Why is it so important that labs make this transition, and how feasible are the steps to becoming more environmentally friendly?
