Business environment

Finance and tax

The BIA campaigns for finance and tax policies to support UK bioscience companies to start and scale up.

IP and tech transfer

Regulation

The BIA is a leading voice for the UK life sciences industry on medicines regulation. We work with government, regulators, and other stakeholders to ensure that the regulatory environment is supportive of innovation and patient access to new medicines.

Skills and talent

BIA works collaboratively across the life sciences sector to influence future skills and talent policy, representing the voice of innovative biotech.

Manufacturing

The manufacturing of high value medicines, such as cell and gene therapies, is an important part of the UK sector and key to capturing the full economic benefits of our strengths in life sciences. The BIA works to ensure the UK is a desirable place to invest in medicines manufacturing to build resilience to future health threats and deliver economic growth.