Innovation is GREAT Britain

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1. 19 per cent of the world’s top-selling medicines were developed in the UK – in this Britain is second only to the US – and we attract almost 10 per cent of the world’s pharmaceutical R&D funding.

2. With world-leading innovation in life sciences, from DNA to MRI to IVF, the UK was one of the pioneers behind the Human Genome Project. We have the largest life sciences sector in Europe with over 750 medical biotechnology companies and 2,750 medical technology firms.

3. The UK has won 76 Nobel Prizes for science and technology. That’s second in the world and more than anywhere else in Europe.

4. Many of the most life-changing innovations over the last 25 years have had key parts made, designed or developed in the UK – from the World Wide Web to the cell phone with GSM services, General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) and dual-mode 3G.

5. Every part of a Formula One car has some input from the UK, from design through to assembly and manufacture.

Innovation is GREAT Britain