Prime Minister backs growth of UK bioscience industries
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson today (Wednesday) identified bioscience as one of the UK’s growth areas for the future. Speaking in the House of Commons at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson outlined a bright future for bioscience industries in the UK. He was responding to a question from Barrow and Furness MP Simon Fell relating to the recent announcement by GSK that it looks set to close its factory in Ulverston, Cumbria. GSK’s announcement comes at a time when a different company, Lakes BioScience has been granted planning permission to start work on a £350m biomanufacturing