Biotech: delivering the future

What is the role for science parks and bioincubators?

Glenn Crocker CEO BioCity

Biotech: Delivering the Future• What might (do we want) the future look like?

• Where are we now?

• What are we doing?

• What could we be doing?

What Might a successful UK Bioscience Industry look like in the

future?

Thoughts?

What might a successful UK Life Sciences industry look like in the future ?

• A selection of major international businesses• A pipeline of companies developing highly

innovative, world leading technologies• Highly skilled workforce- technical and

managerial• Sophisticated and enabling investment

community

Where are we now?

UK Life Science Start up Report

2011Preview

UK Life Sciences- Does size matter?

UK US

Vectura $450 Million Amgen $50.8 Billion

Vernalis $50 Million Biogen Idec $22.5 Billion

BTG $1.3 Billion Celgene $28.3 Billion

Renovo $45 Million HGS $2.5 Billion

Phytopharm $42 Million Gilead $29.8 Billion

Dendreon $1.3 Billion

Investment

£ Million % Total

East/London/South East 230 74%

rest of UK 82 26%

312 100%

Bioincubators & parks

Bioincubators/parks Other sites

Location of Life Science Start-ups 44% 56%

Location of companies receiving investment 63% 37%

Average amount invested per company £4.7M £2.1M

Role of Science Parks/BioincubatorsFor discussion.

• What are we doing to:– Help build the pipeline of successful companies– Help fill technical and managerial skills gaps

• What could/should we be doing?