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Teva CEO Francis Urges UK To ‘Wake Up And Understand’ Life Sciences Potential

The UK Could ‘Compete With US West And East Coast Like No One Else In Europe’

 
• By Dean Rudge

The potential of the UK’s life sciences sector continues to be critically misunderstood and should be the cornerstone of both society and the economy, according to Teva’s CEO Richard Francis.  

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Teva’s CEO Richard Francis believes the UK life sciences sector needs to “realize what’s under their nose,” as he stressed that the nation’s leaders were failing to grasp an opportunity that could see the country compete with the world-leading biotech hubs on the east and west coast of the US “like no other European country could.”

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