Strengths
The flourishing life sciences community in Scotland looks set to grow in future as more and more biotech companies, including contract research organisations (CROs), realise the benefits that Scotland has to offer.
Strengths and benefits of CROs in Scotland
Scotland’s high-quality support infrastructure is backed by:
- Strong ties between academic and commercial sectors
- Supportive political administration
- World-class academic sector provides a ready pool of skilled workers
- Established industry workforce with a broad range of skills and experience
Specialist outsourcing R&D services
Scotland’s CROs are engaged in large-scale global research programmes on behalf of companies based throughout the world.
They carry out world-leading research across a wide spectrum of health areas and have much to offer companies looking to outsource specialist research and development (R&D) services.
Some of Scotland's strengths in this area:
- The University of Dundee has been voted the best European scientific institution to work in (Source: The Scientist)
- The University of Dundee exceeds Cambridge and Oxford Universities in life sciences citations
- Significant presence of specialised staff working within CROs in Scotland
- Large pool of life science student/graduate/postgraduate expertise to tap into
- Easy access to customers and suppliers
- A more cost-effective option, with patents being 25 percent cheaper to obtain compared with several competing locations
- Fast transportation links to Scotland’s life sciences ‘triangle’ direct from London
Learn about our support services to help contract research organisations in Scotland