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Life sciences
SUPPORTING SUCCESS Recognising innovation as a vital driver of growth, the city region deal, a partnership of local authorities with Opportunity North East and Aberdeen and Robert Gordons universities, has secured combined investment of £769 million
“ONE is really fortunate to work in a region where collaboration and partnership is at the heart of our plan for the future. We all share in the regional strategy of growing an economy that is productive in the long term, developing and growing the industries of the future and the people that will work in them.” ONE OPPORTUNITY NORTH EAST Set up six years ago to play to the strengths of the region’s key economic sectors and the diversification from oil and gas to new energy technologies, ONE plays a strong role in offshore, wind and tidal infrastructure, and focuses on the long term economic opportunities of the key economic sectors: > Oil, gas and energy > Food, agriculture and fishing > Life sciences > Tourism > Digital entrepreneurship Aberdeen has the highest concentration of health and life scientists anywhere in Europe. A long track record of pioneering research and innovative development includes the invention of the MRI and a Nobel prize for insulin development. A particular strength of the sector is biologics, second only to Cambridge in the number of companies developing new therapies and products. The ONE Life Sciences Section is dedicated to building on the sector’s great track record in converting success into successful companies. ONE Life Sciences is based on one of the largest health campuses in Europe owned by the NHS and Aberdeen University with clinical specialties and key university research buildings on site.
Jennifer Craw, CEO ONE
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