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14 June 2023

Published additional data associated with a user request for more information on the medical technology sector to support an impact assessment.

This report has been classified as an Official Statistic and is compliant with the Code of Practice for Statistics. This annual report analyses the updated 2021 dataset from the bioscience and health technology sector.

The data relates to companies that are active in the UK in the life sciences sectors:

medical technology
biopharmaceuticals

This report shows that the UK life sciences industry in 2021:

employed 282,000 people across the UK
generated an estimated turnover of £94.2 billion
comprised 6,548 businesses

Published 1 December 2022
Last updated 14 June 2023 + show all updates

14 June 2023
Published additional data associated with a user request for more information on the medical technology sector to support an impact assessment.
1 December 2022
First published.

Bioscience and health technology sector statistics 2021

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