Intelligent Investment
Cambridge, UK Market
Global Life Sciences Atlas
April 11, 2025 5 Minute Read
Overview
- Cambridge boasts one of Europe’s most advanced life sciences hubs. The cluster offers end-to-end capabilities and real estate infrastructure supporting the entire innovation lifecycle—from discovery to translation and at-scale commercialization.
- This is supported by networks such as Cambridge Innovation Capital, One Nucleus, Innovate Cambridge and Cambridge Ahead.
- The life sciences sector is mainly centered around the larger science parks located in the Southern cluster, whereas tech is more prevalent in the North and City Centre. Micro markets have developed in key locations, offering the full spectrum of capabilities needed to generate, attract and retain companies at different stages.
- Reflecting the trend toward the urbanization of innovation, the evolution of the fringe City Centre will play a significant part in shaping the future of the Cambridge cluster and encourage greater specialization in the existing destinations.
- It is also the future location for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, which will combine patient-led clinical space with three new University of Cambridge Research institutes.
Submarkets
Life Sciences Venture Capital Investment Trends
Figure 1: Life Sciences Venture Capital Funding
Life Sciences Market Stats
Figure 2: Inventory Lab/R&D (Cambridge)
Development Pipeline or Activity
Figure 3: Supply Lab/R&D
Figure 4: Life Sciences Development Pipeline
- Abcam
- Altos Labs
- Amgen
- Astex
- AstraZeneca
- Bicycle Therapeutics
- Charles River Lab
- Dr Reddys
- Illumina
- Mission Therapeutics
- MundiPharma
- Nuclera
- Takeda
- Thermo Fisher
- Addenbrookes Hospital
- Anglia Ruskin University
- Cancer Research UK
- European Bio-informatics Institute
- Heart and Lung Institute
- Royal Papworth Hospital
- The University of Cambridge
- The-Milner-Institute Wellcome Sanger Cancer Research
Global Life Science Markets
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London has all the elements of a strong global life sciences hub, with three of the world's leading universities for biomedical sciences—UCL, King’s College and Imperial College—located within the city.
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The Oxford cluster is one of the most established science and innovation ecosystems in Europe. The availability of early-stage and venture capital funding has contributed to its rapid growth over the last several years.
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Paris is at the epicenter of the French life sciences cluster, benefitting from an influx of government and private funding to support healthcare initiatives.