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Oxfordshire’s life sciences industry in COVID-19 mass-mobilisation

Jun 05, 2020

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The response from the county’s life sciences sector to COVID-19 has been immediate – a mass-mobilisation which is witnessing ground-breaking research around vaccines diagnostics and treatments all within a unique ecosystem. With scores of pioneering academic institutions many hundreds of innovative life sciences companies unique research facilities such as the Diamond Light Source (the UK’s synchrotron) and thousands of people employed in the sectorOxfordshire is leading the international response to COVID-19.

While much rests on the development of the University of Oxford’s primary vaccine candidateChAdOx1 nCoV-19the value of the research and development being undertaken across Oxfordshire is enormous.

To learn more about the world leading Life Sciences and Healthcare sector in Oxfordshire and its response to COVID-19please click here.