Policy paper

Life Sciences Sector Plan: One Year On

Progress report on delivering the Life Sciences Sector Plan.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Business and Trade, Department of Health and Social Care and Office for Life Sciences
• Published: 9 July 2026

This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

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Life Sciences Sector Plan: One Year On

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A progress report on delivering the Life Sciences Sector Plan, which launched in July 2025. Since then, the government has made progress against its headline objectives and targets.

This update covers progress across 4 targets:

• investment in commercial research and development (R&D)
• access to scale-up capital
• patient access
• foreign direct investment (FDI)

Published 9 July 2026