Pushing the boundaries of medical knowledge in Hampshire.
Strategically located within the wider South East, Hampshire is central to the UK’s life science activity; a sector that has grown significantly over the last five years. More than 150 life science companies are based here and many more are investing in Hampshire as their location of choice. On close examination you will see that Hampshire is a hotbed of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, and skills. It is home to some of the biggest brands and keenest minds in the world.
Why Hampshire?
Hampshire is a hugely popular business location as it has one of the UK’s highest performing economies and is the largest sub-regional economy in the South East of England. It is also a location that can offer life science organisations the opportunity to invest and grow. Here you will find strong research and development capabilities, four world class universities full of innovation and talent and some of the UK’s pioneering medical institutions including the Centre for Cancer Immunology (the UK’s first centre dedicated to cancer immunology research), the Centre for Healthcare Modelling and Informatics, Southampton Science Park and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre.
In Hampshire you can be a part of our exciting future and benefit from the investment going into the sector. In Hampshire you will get to enjoy the many locational advantages we have, such as our strong connectivity and the enviable quality of life the region has to offer.
Being based on the University of Southampton Science Park keeps us at the heart of the region’s digital technology cluster, alongside some of the UK’s most innovative businesses.
A vibrant, diverse, and growing company base
Our region is shaped by leading science, academic talent, a connected and collaborative industry cluster, and partnership working between the public and private sectors. The MedTech sector in Hampshire covers a wide range of technologies, serves global markets and are world leaders when it comes to implants, prosthetics and orthotics, surgical instruments, and devices. It accounts for 48% of the Hampshire life sciences sector overall.
Digital technology is also a prominent element in the county, representing around 10% of the economic output. One in five businesses in the region are in the science and technology sector. Digital Tech represents 16% of the Hampshire Life Sciences sector and represents a major growth area due to the concentration of digital eco system and existing strengths in artificial intelligence, gaming, and data science.
Lastly, the Biopharma sector represents 25% of the overall Hampshire life sciences sector and generates £4.1 billion in turnover, 22% of the UK total.
Given the strength of our life sciences credentials, Hampshire is already home to major players in the life science sector. Major global companies including Eli Lilly, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pall Biotech, Genus, Acumed and TMC Pharma all have facilities in the area. Significant new investments in modern facilities have created a vibrant, efficient, and cost-competitive environment to research, develop and manufacture new devices, technologies, drugs and vaccines.
Animal Health
The region has a thriving animal health sector that is globally competitive, vibrant, spanning surveillance, diagnostics, R&D, data, and biotechnology.
We have the talent
Hampshire has a highly skilled population and a workforce of more than 700,000; more than two out of every five people of working age have a degree or equivalent level qualification. With more than 68,000 students across four universities, the skills base available to companies is outstanding.
Each university has an important role to play within the region’s wider innovation ecosystem in terms of fundamental research, translation and knowledge exchange, support for innovation and enterprise, and training and skills development.
One in five students in the region study life sciences topics, meaning businesses have ready access to the talent they need. More than 6,300 students studied biological sciences in Hampshire, nearly one in ten higher education students. A further 6,100 students study medicine and dentistry, or subjects related to medicine.
