How to Solve The Advanced Therapies Skills Shortage

Training talent from other highly regulated industries, apprenticeships and targeting primary schools are key to addressing the skills shortage in the advanced therapies space.

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Apprenticeships and recruiting from other industries could address skills shortages in the advanced therapies sector • Source: Alamy

The advanced therapies industry in the UK and elsewhere is facing a shortage of skilled employees when it comes to the areas of manufacturing, quality and R&D, however there are some solutions, heard delegates at the recent Advanced Therapies 2022 congress in London.

Targeting employees from other highly regulated sectors, training employees through apprenticeships and educating school children about cell and gene therapies are just some of the ways where the sector can...

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