Life sciences competitiveness indicators, 2026 - GOV.UK Cookies on GOV.UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. View cookies 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 See all updates Documents Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: summary HTML Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: user guide HTML Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: life sciences ecosystem HTML Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: statement of voluntary application of the Code of Practice for statistics HTML Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: pre-release access list HTML Life sciences competitiveness indicators 2026: data tables ODS 196 KB This file is in an OpenDocument format This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email officeforlifesciences@officeforlifesciences.gov.uk . Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. Details 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 analysis@officeforlifesciences.gov.uk Responsible statistician: Claire Beaton Contact: analysis@officeforlifesciences.gov.uk 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 show all updates 23 March 2026 Correction to missing chart in section covering initial public offerings 19 March 2026 First published. Sign up for emails or print this page Related content Is this page useful? Maybe Thank you for your feedback Help us improve GOV.UK To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab