- £5.5 million to establish a Medicines Manufacturing Skills Centre of Excellence, boosting UK’s ability to respond to future health emergencies
- investment delivers against the government’s ambitions to boost the UK’s life sciences sector and grow the economy
- funding forms part of the Chancellor’s £650 million ‘Life Sci for Growth’ package announced in May
The government is helping to sustain and grow the 280,000-strong UK life sciences workforce by today (Tuesday 5 September) announcing £5.5 million to establish a Medicines Manufacturing Skills Centre of Excellence.
This latest demonstration of the government’s commitment to UK life sciences will help ensure the sector has the right talent to drive innovation and deliver its high-skilled that will help the UK respond to future health emergencies.
This £5.5 million grant funding forms part of the £650 million ‘Life Sci for Growth’ war-chest to fire up the sector, as launched by the Chancellor in May. A competition to allocate funding, led by Innovate UK, will officially open on 26 September.
