Life sciences news this week 📰 Late-stage trials of a #vaccine for tuberculosis have been funded by Gates Foundation and Wellcome with the potential to save 8.5 million lives over the next 25 years. economist.com/science-and-te…

📢Engineering biologists, we want to hear from you! The government is fielding a call for evidence on this cutting-edge field. Chloe Smith met with pioneering UK businesses to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Have your say ⏬ gov.uk/government/con…

NIHR will spend an additional £30 million per year to significantly increase opportunities for healthcare professionals to include research in their careers. This will include funding for a range of new and expanding programmes of activity. nihr.ac.uk/news/extra-30m…

We hosted a breakfast roundtable this morning to discuss championing #apprenticeships in the life sciences🧑‍🔬 We were joined by apprentices from Achilles Therapeutics AstraZenecaUK Siemens Healthineers Labcorp Drug Development Thanks to Daniel Zeichner Natalie Bennett Philip Hunt @maggie_erewash

Following on from our breakfast roundtable with Parliamentarians and #apprentices, thanks to Maggie Throup MP who kindly raised the issue in the chamber last week.

Hot on the heels of AMR awareness week, today the APPG held a lunch in Parliament to discuss UK leadership on antimicrobial resistance (#AMR). We were joined by AMR Action Fund Abbott INFEX Therapeutics Thanks to @maggie_erewash Chi Onwurah 💙 Will Quince

Wednesday's Budget was full of measures to support the life sciences: 🧬 Further pension fund reform to unlock investment into innovative life sciences 🔬 £45m to support medical research careers 🧫 £92m invested in life sciences manufacturing gov.uk/government/new…

Engineering biology is set to transform what's possible in health, food and fuels. To seize this critical tech's potential the UK's Eng Bio innovators need capital. Promising talks at 10 Downing Street with Dominic Johnson CBE & investors, to make that happen.