Abstract
The UK’s drug industry is not what it used to be. The number of employees in the industry peaked in 2002 at about 84,000, before a sudden drop to 73,000 in 2003. Now, it employs only 63,000 people, with 24,000 devoted to R&D, according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). Pharma remains the UK industry with the highest investment in R&D, at about £4.1 billion ($5.2 billion) per year, but this fell 22% between 2011 and 2016. The layoffs seem to have come to a halt, and Britain is seeking to future-proof its position as a hub for drug discovery. But in a survey released in January, the ABPI revealed that the pharma sector is struggling to find the young scientists it needs to fuel the next wave of biomedical innovation. Although the number of UK undergraduates studying science, technology, engineering, and math in the country’s universities
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