Lilly CEO Challenges ‘Small Market’ UK To Become More Attractive To Pharma

The US major is investing over $360m in new money into the UK but the country has being losing its lustre as an appealing place to invest since Brexit and needs to offer more to multinationals.

David Ricks

Eli Lilly has unveiled a significant package to help nurture early-stage biotechs in the UK and work with the National Health Service on new models of care for obesity, but CEO David Ricks has warned that Brexit means the country needs to be even more responsive to business than its European neighbors to attract investment.

Key Takeaways

Lilly is putting in £279m in new investment into the UK but wants the government to be more business-friendly

Some of the cash will go into the creation of the first Lilly Gateway Labs biotech hub outside the US

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Ricks, who was in London for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s International Investment Summit, pointed out that the UK had become a less attractive place to do business since leaving the European Union

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