There IS a special relationship between the UK and US in at least one significant area of trade – the life sciences. This may not be quite as powerful as a genuine trade alliance between the White House & Westminster, but when biotech chiefs in the territories don’t let the Atlantic get in the way of business, then the Charles River is a mere hop, step and a jump! Cambridge UK companies continue to find facilities, boots on the ground and an environment geared to growth when they put down roots in Greater Boston and wider Massachusetts – most notably in the field of BioMedTech. No-one appears to challenge the claim by Massachusetts to be home to the top life sciences cluster in the world. Companies based there enjoy a range of advantages including a thriving life sciences community, highly educated workforce, world-leading universities and hospitals, access to an array of economic development programs that support large and small biotechnology companies, and tax benefits. From biotech-zoned science parks to robust infrastructure and pre-permitted biotech sites, Massachusetts reckons it has it all for companies looking for space. And the number of Cambridge UK biotechs based there would appear to agree. In this article – https://lnkd.in/eTri3utE – we take a look at some of the Cambridge UK companies with operations in the State including: abcam, Alchemab Therapeutics Ltd, Apollo Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Bicycle Therapeutics, Cambridge Cognition, Cerevance, Cresset Biomolecular Discovery, Cycle Pharmaceuticals, Domainex, Dunad Therapeutics, Eleven Therapeutics, Lightcast, NodThera, Nuclera, Quotient Therapeutics and Transition Bio, Inc. • Earlier this year, Cambridge and UK Life Science gateway One Nucleus held its 2024 Boston Bootcamp competition with the winners Carocell Bio, ENHANC3D GENOMICS, ikarovec and STORM Therapeutics Limited rewarded with a trip to Boston in April. One Nucleus is planning a return delegation to Boston in September to incorporate a pitching day within Biotech Week Boston.
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On Friday I was extremely fortunate to meet some USAF crews from Lakenheath in the Eagle pub in Benet St in the RAF room. All great chaps, and we talked about the history on the ceiling. All part of growing up in the late 50s, the remnants of war.
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2wThe Boston Bootcamp is a fabulous initiative and has grown from seeds sown sometime ago I'm sure, Tony Jones - perhaps even before we flew to the BIO International Convention in Boston, 2018 from London Stansted Airport - let's hope flights there can start up again sometime... https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/posts/cambridge-bio-clusters-show-of-force-in-boston Great memories of being there representing Invest ESSEX, Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst and Chesterford Research Park in the UK pavilion with Sarah Haywood, then of MedCity and London & Partners James Palmer Jamie Quested Thomas Mander Prashanthini Jeyarajan Cora Griffin Ajay Mistry Shaun Grady Harriet Cross Kirsten Chambers-Taylor Baroness Rona Fairhead Steve Bates OBE FMedSci Bobby Deal Greer Deal Phil Smith FCIM Jane Dancer Adam Payne Richard Turner et al Cheers 🍻