Blogs

In this guest blog, Asma Aslam says that rising domestic costs and strong overseas capabilities are pushing companies to subcontract abroad.

It has been an extremely challenging time for biotech post COVID-19 boom, but our Q1 financing report offers hope with continued positive momentum.

In this blog, Ethan Almond reflects on the inaugral BioSolutions UK conference, which brought together over 200 innovators, policymakers and industry leaders alongside an additional 29 investors.

The UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the UK’s trade association for innovative life sciences and the leading UK-wide forum for expert communities and high quality peer-to-peer networking in the sector.

In this blog, Ethan Almond reflects on the successes and innovative technology of biosolutions company and BIA member twig.

In this guest blog, Lee Smith and Spiros Servos argue that early-stage biotech leaders who secure investment in 2026 are those who integrate commercial thinking early, aligning science, clinical strategy and market realities into a credible narrative for investors.

In this guest blog, Dan Stanton, Trade Media Expert at Sartorius Bioprocess Solutions, discusses how tight funding, manual tech transfer and product specific analytics are keeping cell and gene therapies (CGTs) from realising their potential.

Back from our Easter break, we’re hitting the ground running with an update on the publication of agreed text underpinning the UK-US pharmaceuticals agreement.

Each month, our Policy and Public Affairs team will showcase how we are championing members’ voices in Government and Parliament.

Lewis Miles discusses changes to EMIs, EISs and VCTs coming into force.

In this guest blog, Paul Jeffrey, Director of the GFIL/Cranfield Technology Accelerator at Cranfield Water Science Institute, explains how engineering biology solutions for environmental applications face unclear and complex regulatory pathways.

In this guest blog, Rubin Joshi, Business Development Manager at Aldevron, explains how scaling adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing remains a major bottleneck for gene therapy development.

This guest blog from Cam Watson, biosolutions startup advisor, draws on a broader analysis of Japan’s biosolutions ecosystem, examining company formation, corporate engagement, manufacturing capacity and growth-stage funding dynamics.

I’m pleased to share that we are part of a new Government and industry joint taskforce to drive innovation in the UK’s commercial environment for medicines, announced last week as part of government ambitions for the Life Sciences Strategy.

In this blog, Linda Bedenik, our Head of Biosolutions and International Policy, and Maddie Cass, our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, reflect on the tireless work they have done, and will continue to do, to propel innovative biosolutions in the UK nationally and across Europe.

In this blog, Jaime Eaton, reflects on this month's Community Connects series, bringing together diverse expertise to tackle the most pressing challenges in our sector.

In this blog, Kate Barclay, Skills Strategy Consultant at BIA, shares the impact BIA member evidence has on the UK’s Skilled Worker Visa.

There are a number of significant moving pieces right now in the sector, including the major strategic shift at UKRI and Innovate launched last Thursday.

BIA BioSolutions is here: a new strategic platform dedicated to championing the UK’s engineering biology ecosystem beyond health. Discover how we are bridging the gap between world-class science and industrial scale to drive global sustainability.

The launch of the NIHR Industry hub last week, the launch of UKRI/Innovate strategy this Thursday and a landmark Mansion House event tomorrow all signal forward momentum on Industrial Strategy.