The Health, Life Sciences and Medicines Manufacturing Strategy
The North East Health, Life Sciences and Medicines Manufacturing Strategy has been developed by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) working in partnership with the NHS, businesses, universities and leaders in the health and life sciences sector.
Our Vision
Our vision is to position the North East as a leader in the development, testing, manufacturing and adoption of people-centred treatments, therapeutics and medicines at a time of demographic change.
By 2030 we want to see the number of jobs in the sector doubled from 12,000 to 24,000 by 2030 and to double the number of businesses active in the North East health and life sciences community from 150 to 300
Our four priorities
- To modernise and grow pharmaceutical manufacturing
- To increase the number of health and life sciences businesses that are born, grown and scaled up in our region
- To provide access and routes to NHS markets whilst nurturing innovation and collaboration
- To develop the ecosystem so it has the right environment for health and life sciences businesses and manufacturers to grow.
The Health and Life Sciences Steering Group
The health and life sciences steering group brings together leaders from our health, life sciences and medicines manufacturing ecosystem to work together to develop and steer the delivery of the strategy.
Michael Whitaker (Chair), Pharma North East and Innovation Board member
Tim Hammond, Durham University
Geraint Lewis, Newcastle University
Tony Alabaster, University of Sunderland
Carolyn Horrocks, Northumbria University
Richard Baker, North East LEP
Alan Welby, North East LEP
Geoff Davison, BioNow
Nicola Wesley, AHSN
Philip Aldridge, NEPIC
Arun Harish, CPI
Rachel Burdis, Invest North East England
Sarah Pavlou, RTC North
Dale Athey, NPL
Kevin Cook, Sterling Pharmaceuticals
Will Dracup, Biosignatures
Roger Kilburn, Arcinova
Andrew Tasker,Femeda
Ben Cantwell, Kromek
Andrea Burroughs, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
Peter Rippingale, North East Combined Authority
Vicky Cuthbertson, North of Tyne Combined Authority
Mike Capaldi, Newcastle University