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    UK biotech attracts £1.23 billion in H1 2025

    The BioIndustry Association today publishes new data revealing that the UK’s life sciences sector attracted £1.23 billion in venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2025, thereby putting it on track to match or surpass 2024’s total.

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