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Research and analysis
Life sciences competitiveness indicators, 2026
Data on the life sciences sector in the UK and other countries.
From:
Office for Life Sciences
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department of Health and Social Care
and
Department for Business and Trade
Published
19 March 2026
23 March 2026
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Documents
Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: summary
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Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: user guide
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Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: life sciences ecosystem
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Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: statement of voluntary application of the Code of Practice for statistics
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Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: pre-release access list
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Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: data tables
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Feedback notice
The Office for Life Sciences (OLS) aims to continuously evolve the content and methods used in the LSCIs publication based on our users’ needs. If you would like to give specific feedback or wish to be on our user list to receive updates about proposed changes, please contact
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Responsible statistician: Claire Beaton
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The Life sciences competitiveness indicators (LSCIs) are a set of high-level indicators used to measure the performance of the UK’s life sciences sector by benchmarking the UK in relation to comparator countries. The indicators are brought together from a range of different sources, including data already in the public domain, and commercially sourced data published for the first time via this report. Areas covered include:
research environment
domestic market
production environment
international collaboration
investment environment
access to skilled labour
These statistics commit to a Voluntary Application of the
Code of Practice for Statistics
. For more details on how the principles in the code are applied to these statistics, please see the accompanying statement of voluntary application of the Code of Practice for statistics.
Updates to this page
Published 19 March 2026
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23 March 2026
Correction to missing chart in section covering initial public offerings
19 March 2026
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