Facts & Figures
Here are some facts and figures about the Liverpool and Merseyside life sciences sector.
• Europe's leading location for biomanufacturing
• One of world's foremost locations for vaccine development and production
• The world's first department of Biochemistry was established at the University of Liverpool in 1902
• The only School of Veterinary Science in the North of England is at the University of Liverpool
• The only 5* department of Physiology in the UK is at the University of Liverpool
• The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is the world's first Institution devoted to tropical health
• The first Nobel prize for Medicine was awarded to Sir Ronald Ross at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1902
• Eli Lilly in Speke produced the first biological, insulin, in commercial quantities (1981) and is the world's major supplier of Human Growth Hormone (1985)
• Evans Vaccines in Speke is the UK's largest vaccine producer
• The Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre at Liverpool has one of the most advanced MR imaging and spectroscopy systems in the country
• The Distillers' plant at Speke was one of the first two factories in Europe to produce penicillin by fermentation (1945).
• The £30million National Biomanufacturing Centre is to be built in Speke, Liverpool
• Over 14,000 people are employed in the North West life sciences cluster
• Liverpool has one of the largest and most diverse groupings of life scientists outside of London
Do you have facts or figures relating to the Merseyside Biotechnology sector that will be of interest to others? Send them to us by clicking here.
Here are some facts and figures about the Liverpool and Merseyside life sciences sector.
• Europe's leading location for biomanufacturing
• One of world's foremost locations for vaccine development and production
• The world's first department of Biochemistry was established at the University of Liverpool in 1902
• The only School of Veterinary Science in the North of England is at the University of Liverpool
• The only 5* department of Physiology in the UK is at the University of Liverpool
• The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is the world's first Institution devoted to tropical health
• The first Nobel prize for Medicine was awarded to Sir Ronald Ross at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1902
• Eli Lilly in Speke produced the first biological, insulin, in commercial quantities (1981) and is the world's major supplier of Human Growth Hormone (1985)
• Evans Vaccines in Speke is the UK's largest vaccine producer
• The Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre at Liverpool has one of the most advanced MR imaging and spectroscopy systems in the country
• The Distillers' plant at Speke was one of the first two factories in Europe to produce penicillin by fermentation (1945).
• The £30million National Biomanufacturing Centre is to be built in Speke, Liverpool
• Over 14,000 people are employed in the North West life sciences cluster
• Liverpool has one of the largest and most diverse groupings of life scientists outside of London
Do you have facts or figures relating to the Merseyside Biotechnology sector that will be of interest to others? Send them to us by clicking here.
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