Tag Archive: life sciences

Rakesh Uppal comments on London Life Sciences Strategy

Writing for Healthcare Today, Rakesh Uppal, chief executive of Barts Life Sciences, says that an ambitious life sciences strategy for London demands equally ambitious partnerships. I welcome the publication of London’s Life Sciences Strategy, ambitious, but grounded in where London has fallen short. The strategy rightly identifies the challenge: creating the conditions for the NHS, academia and industry to work together more...

Barts Life Sciences Cluster highlighted at Prime Minister’s Questions

At today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Rushanara Ali MP highlighted the Barts Life Sciences Cluster as one of the UK’s emerging leading life sciences clusters, with £800m in private investment secured to date. She emphasised the opportunity to turn health inequalities in east London into a powerful driver of UK life sciences growth, transforming the future of healthcare in London, across...

Barts Life Sciences Cluster reaches next milestone 

Our partners BGO have submitted their planning application for their 1 million sqft integrated healthcare and research campus addressing needs for NHS, housing, green space and community facilities.  The project, part of the new Barts Life Sciences Cluster, supports our efforts to create a world-class centre for life sciences research and innovation next to The Royal London Hospital, where NHS and industry can collaborate to drive innovation into healthcare.  If...