Life Sciences Manufacturing 2024-05-22
2024-05-22
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Q1
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The question arises from the importance of the life sciences sector to the UK economy.
What steps her Department is taking to support the life sciences manufacturing sector?
The Government could not be more committed to supporting our valued life sciences sector, which contributed well over £100 billion in turnover to the UK economy and employed more than 300,000 people in the financial year ending 2022.
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Steps being taken to support the life sciences manufacturing sector are not specified
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There is a shortage of laboratory space and clinical trials in the UK, impacting companies like Precision Health Technologies Accelerator.
What help can the Government give businesses to increase the number of clinical trials for advancing lifesaving medicines?
My hon. Friend is right: such is the growth of this important sector that we need more lab space quickly. I personally benefited from the advice of Professor Martini in the life sciences real estate working group. Precision Health Technologies Accelerator does some amazing work in my hon. Friend's constituency to knock down barriers to building, many of which are sadly the fault of Labour councils.
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Specific assistance given to businesses is not mentioned
Blaming Labour Councils
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Dementia and Alzheimer's disease remain the largest cause of death in the UK, and there was a pledge to fund dementia research.
What more is the Minister doing to ensure early diagnosis, access to trials, and support for life sciences to transform dementia outcomes?
Dementia is a crippling disease for so many people, and will touch so many people's lives. The Health Secretary and I recently hosted the heads of the Dementia Mission at No. 10 Downing Street to announce more funding, and I should be happy to meet the hon. Member and any representatives of dementia organisations in his constituency.
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Specific actions or timeline for improving dementia research and patient care is not provided
Offer To Meet
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A facility for the production of good manufacturing practice phages would be an asset to many companies in tackling antimicrobial resistance.
What consideration has been given to repurposing the Rosalind Franklin Institute as a GMP facility for phage production rather than selling it off?
The hon. Lady has made some important points. My officials and I have met representatives of the institute and have considered a number of options for it, of which they and, I believe, she will be aware.
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Specific considerations or decisions regarding repurposing are not provided
Acknowledgment Without Specifics
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