Friday, May 9, 2008
Cambridge Cluster
Avlar’s Cambridge base gives it a powerful advantage.
- Home to half of the UK’s top 15 LSE quoted biotech companies
- Home to 25% of Europe’s top 50 publicly quoted companies
- £1bn of VC funds available from companies located in the region
- 29 publicly quoted biotech companies - 17 UK, 8 US, 2 Canadian, and 2 European (excluding pharma co’s)
- 25,000 people employed in life sciences
- Amgen, Genzyme, Gilead Sciences, all have operations in the region
- GSK, MSD have major research establishments in the region
