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Attend Westminster Insight’s timely, innovative, cross-cutting Life Sciences Forum, taking place in London on Wednesday 10th June.
Chaired by Dr Maria Koufali, Life Sciences Industry Director and Member of the NIHR Strategy and Engagement Board, NIHR Coordinating Centre, Westminster Insight’s Life Sciences Forum takes place in London on Wednesday 10th June.
Rigorously researched and knowledge-led, our practical event examines key aspects of the Government’s Life Sciences Sector Plan, published last Summer. The Government’s ambitious policies are aimed at driving improvements in healthcare, focussing on innovation and research, to deliver economic growth in the process.
So, how can the UK become a ‘life sciences superpower’?
Life Science is worth £108 billion to the economy, providing over 300,000 highly skilled jobs across the country. It spans the NHS and community, industry, government, science, education, and more. From research and development, to medicine, to AI, opportunities and challenges are manifold.
The Government strategy includes: accelerating the discovery of life-saving drugs, improving patient care and medical research; creating a health data research service; fast tracking clinical trials, introducing vital drugs sooner; £1billion BioNTech investment, new research and AI centres, and developing life changing medicines; and, a £400m investment to boost clinical trial participation, and sustainable manufacturing. There are key milestones and deadlines from this March.
How will policies be funded, and coordinated? What will the new processes and organisations look like? How can the public sector work successfully in partnership with the pharmaceutical industry?
Saeeda Bashir, Head of Clinical Trials Policy and Programmes, Department of Health and Social Care will share key insights into trials; Professor Andrew Morris, Director, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) will discuss the new HDR service; and Mark Andrews, Investment Director, Funds, Life Sciences, British Business Bank, will look at funding and investment opportunities.
We will spotlight investment in universities, research, and spin-off organisations, to help build capacity. Experts and academics will share insight into effective collaboration and joint working. We will spotlight innovations in AI and technology, through engaging panel sessions from industry specialists, such as Astra Zeneca, and voluntary sector organisations, including Alzheimer’s UK.
Please join us, at our inaugural Life Sciences Forum, where you will have the opportunity to learn from our fantastic array of cross-cutting experts, specialists and practitioners. You will benefit from our unique combination of Government insights, innovative perspectives, focussed case studies, and panel sessions. Engage with peers, practitioners, and specialists, from the NHS, academia and education, the science community, government, industry, and community groups, in our truly inclusive, unique, in-depth, and wide-ranging forum.
