Sir John Bell: UK Life Science Pact Essential For Post-Brexit Success

Successfully piecing together the agreed life sciences sector deal calls for the UK to embrace high-risk innovation and placing the NHS at its center, says Sir John Bell who helped formulate the pact.

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Britain's life sciences industry has missed the innovation boat twice in recent years due to risk aversion and a plodding mindset, but the government's just-unveiled industrial strategy to boost the sector offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to undo the damage.

That was the message from Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at University of Oxford, who played a key...

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