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Our landmark partnership with Eli Lilly and Company is a demonstration of the £108 billion life sciences sector’s value to the UK economy, in both improving public health and keeping Britain at the forefront of scientific progress. Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle, spoke with Lilly’s CEO Dave Ricks, along with CEO of NHS England Amanda Pritchard and Department of Health and Social Care’s Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP to discuss the collaboration, which will see the pharmaceutical giant backing Britain’s brightest and best life sciences talent with the planned launch of the first ‘Lilly Gateway Labs’ innovation accelerator in Europe. This hub will support early-stage life sciences businesses to develop transformative medicines by providing lab space, mentorship, and potential financial backing to rocket future growth in the sector. These plans build on the 300,000 jobs the life sciences sector already supports nationwide. They will also trial innovative approaches to treating obesity and delivering obesity drugs, bringing together the ground-breaking treatments and technologies developed by the life sciences sector and the health system seeking to demonstrate improved long-term health outcomes for those living with obesity.