Where Has All The Talent Gone In The U.K.?

By Peter Kearney

The U.K. life sciences industry is burgeoning and, thanks in part to the role played by COVID in supercharging a range of sectors, it is on a path toward further expansion. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, recently stated his ambition for the country to become a life sciences “superpower.” However, at a time of unprecedented development, the industry also finds itself at the center of a skills shortage that threatens to stall, or even halt, its trajectory.