| The South East Region, which includes Oxford, has the largest representation of pharmaceutical and bioscience companies in the UK and represents one of the most significant clusters globally.
The Fact
The top 12 pharma companies in the world are located in the South East, and these are:
Merck,Bristol-Myers Squibb,Johnson and Johnson,Novartis,Pfizer,GSK,Abbott,Roche group,Aventis,Lilly,American Home Products
Many of these companies have large-scale research and development (R&D) projects in the region, such as Pfizer's global R&D campus at Sandwich in Kent, where four of their top 10 products were discovered. This, alongside the expansion of Lilly's R&D facility in Surrey, represents major investment in the region. |
