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BIA urges loans, incentives

April 27, 2001 7:00 AM UTC

The British biotechnology industry "is among the strongest in the world," but its continued success is contingent on new government investment and tax incentives, according to a Manifesto for Biotechnology released Thursday by the UK Biotechnology Industry Association (BIA). According to the BIA, over half of the publicly quoted European bioscience companies are British and three-quarters of the biotech drugs in late stage clinical trials in Europe are produced by UK companies. ...