At present (27 Might 2022), Parliamentary Underneath-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Division of Well being and Social Care, Lord Kamall, and the Swedish Minister for Schooling, Anna Ekström, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing the UK and Sweden to ongoing co-operation in the life sciences.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence in London, in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia. Minister for Science and Innovation, George Freeman, was additionally current.
The MoU follows an extended custom of Swedish and UK co-operation, together with the pioneering work achieved by the Anglo-Swedish firm AstraZeneca in creating the coronavirus vaccine, and will see the 2 nations selling joint progress throughout coverage improvement, technical requirements, trade collaboration, analysis, and the improvement and implementation of latest applied sciences and therapies.
Each the UK and Sweden are world-leaders in the life sciences, and the Memorandum of Understanding commits our 2 nations to enhancing co-operation between our governments and to provoke our life sciences ecosystems in working collectively on our shared strengths and frequent priorities, masking fields from precision medication, scientific trials, pandemic preparedness and antimicrobial resistance to sustainability, commerce, and funding for the sector.
The UK and Sweden are accountable worldwide actors, main the manner in tackling world challenges, and this Memorandum of Understanding will pave the manner for stronger enterprise improvement and enhanced collaborative alternatives, whereas delivering on each the Life Sciences Imaginative and prescient, and the Built-in Overview.
