UK Government has a Vision for Pharma R&D—do it like the SARS-CoV-2 injections
J K Rowling couldn't make it up!
Life Sciences Vision for UK - "Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth"
Introducing UK Government’s brand new vision for life sciences in our country:
Life Sciences Vision for UK - "Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth"
It may seem a long document, but you only need to read the Foreword and end pages to draw the only conclusion possible:
UK Government wants to develop medicines like the SARS-CoV-2 injections—rough and ready.
Beginning with the Foreword (there are two for some reason). The first is by the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, someone who has had a difficult relationship with the truth all his life.
Boris sets the scene for the fairy tale:
“Yet these extraordinary achievements are not merely the product of brilliant science, they have also required a radically different way of supporting it. Driven by an urgency for results and a willingness to take risks, the Vaccine Taskforce used government funding to mobilise private sector investment and inspire a seamless collaboration be…