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In this guest blog, Hareklea Markides, Innovation Lead - Medicines Manufacturing at Innovate UK, reflects on the UK BioIndustry Association's (BIA) annual #bioProcessUK conference.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies celebrated the grand opening of its expanded site in Teesside, UK, today.

In this blog, Abby Clark, Manufacturing Programme Manager at BIA, highlights some of the key achievements of BIA and ABPI’s Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP).

A bumper update today as we highlight the critical importance of building UK capability and innovation leadership as geopolitics continues to provide uncertainty.

Fleet Bioprocessing Ltd has announced the launch of a new contract development service for Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs), expanding its capabilities in response to strong growth in point-of-care and decentralised diagnostics.

As 2026 shapes up to an unpredictable year, our policy experts have provided more grounding for what the life sciences sector should expect over the next 12 months. This is the second and final part of our 2026 outlook series. 

Pioneer Group, a specialist in life science infrastructure and venture building, and global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, have crowned Alceus Bio the winner of their 2025 Golden Ticket programme.

Precision treatments tackling the hardest-to-treat cancers set to be produced from hundreds of tonnes of reprocessed uranium from nuclear reactors

Particology has been selected for an £8.2 million Government-funded research consortium to make the manufacture of medicines more efficient and sustainable. 

BIA thought leadership takes centre stage with two key reports published: last week saw the release of 'From innovation to impact: unlocking patient access to innovative rare disease medicines', and today 'UK cell and gene therapy: driving efficiencies and innovation' celebrates real-world UK success.

Our latest report demonstrates the real-world success and scalable manufacturing available in the UK’s globally competitive ecosystem.

In this blog, Ethan Almond, Content & Communications Executive at BIA, explores the influence of the BIA’s bioProcessUK conference. The 22nd edition highlighted the UK’s leadership in bioprocessing.

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) released From Innovation to Impact: Unlocking Patient Access to Innovative Rare Disease Medicines, calling for new pathway to give UK patients access to innovative rare disease medicines.

IRCA Group, a global leader in high-quality food ingredients, has signed a lease at Pioneer Group’s new food and beverage incubator, Gastronomica at Colworth Science Park in Bedfordshire.

Autolus Therapeutics plc, an early commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing and delivering next-generation programmed T cell therapies, announces that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance recommending AUCATZYL® (obecabtagene autoleucel, or “obe-cel”) for use in the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales as a treatment option for adult patients (≥26 years) with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL).

Sai Life Sciences, Agility Life Sciences, and Centrix Pharma Solutions announce an ‘Integrated CMC Partnership’ to accelerate drug development for innovators.

Cath Green OBE received the Peter Dunnill Award for her exceptional leadership during COVID-19; the Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub was awarded the Richard Wilson Impact Award and Emilia Reyes Pabon received the Bioprocessing Apprentice of the Year Award.

London Life Sciences Week was a huge success last week, with significant increase in investors and life sciences execs coming together to connect and network.  Combined with the news of two new significant fund raises from Sofinnova and Medicxi and progress towards completion of the British Growth Partnership Fund, it did feel that the sector found a lot to be hopeful about. 

In a landscape where efficiency, scalability, and quality are critical, automation is no longer just about doing more; it’s about understanding more. Olivia Dell-Price, Pharmaceutical Automation Specialist at Labman, explores how the future of biomanufacturing is becoming intelligent, connected and data-driven.