The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Medicines are transforming our lives like never before.

We want the UK to be the best place in the world to research, develop and use the medicines and vaccines of the future.

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The value of industry clinical trials to the UK

Industry clinical trials deliver significant value to the UK economy, the NHS, and the UK’s research and development base.

Value Industry Clinical Trials

Accelerating transformation: How to develop effective NHS-industry partnerships

The NHS Confederation and the ABPI have created new guidance on how to create effective NHS-industry partnerships. It was created with the expertise of more than 30 NHS and industry leaders. 

Read our report - Accelerating transformation: How to develop effective NHS-industry partnerships
Accelerating transformation: How to develop effective NHS-industry partnerships

NHS Industry Case Studies Library

Partnerships between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry benefit patients and the NHS. Visit the ABPI's library of case studies of successful partnerships. 

Explore the NHS Partnership Case Studies Library key aims
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Key facts and figures for the pharmaceutical industry in the UK

£46.7bn

Turnover [6]

£9bn

investment in UK R&D (more than UKRI’s entire annual budget) [3]

£17.6bn

direct Gross Value Added (GVA) [1]

Key content hubs

COP28

The COP28 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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As a critical part of the health care community in the UK, the pharmaceutical industry wants to play the biggest possible role in the response to COVID-19.

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The ABPI Code of Practice sets out the requirements the industry must comply with and supports companies’ commitment to self-regulation and to operate in a professional, ethical and transparent manner.