Medicines

The BIA influences policy and regulation critical to our members’ ability to develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines and vaccines to patients in the NHS and around the world.

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Access to medicines

BIA campaigns to improve access to new medicines in the NHS. It is vital that the UK has a supportive commercial environment for life science companies in order for patients to have access to life-saving or life-enhancing new medicines.

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Cell and gene therapy

Cell and gene therapies are transformative medicines whose full potential is only just beginning to emerge. The BIA support members working in this space ensuring growth in this sector and that these treatments can reach patients.

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Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is when microbes, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, change over time and no longer respond to medicines designed to kill them.

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Use of animals in research

Animal research plays an invaluable and legally mandated part in developing medicines. It is essential - and a legal obligation – for researchers to ensure that promising new medicines are tested for safety and efficacy (i.e. having the intended effects) as far as possible before they are tested in humans.

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