BIA responds to announcement of a £600 million investment from the UK Government
The Prime Minister has announced action to accelerate the discovery of life-saving drugs, improve patient care and make Britain the best place in the world for medical research.
The government and the Wellcome Trust will invest up to £600 million to create a new health data research service. This will transform the access to NHS data by providing a secure single access point to national-scale data sets, slashing red tape for researchers.
Steve Bates, CEO of the UK Bioindustry Association, said:
The Prime Minister’s announcement of a national health data research service is welcome news for the UK life science sector. We have a wealth of small innovative companies in the UK, working in an ecosystem, that are developing solutions to help us prevent, detect and treat disease better than before. By improving the data access landscape for these companies they can bring benefits to NHS patients, and create jobs to grow our economy faster. Matching the benefits of the UK’s health data with the entrepreneurial elan of our best small companies maximises the growth of health and wealth across our nation.
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