Following Theresa May’s historic Brexit deal defeat and a possible ‘No Deal’, the £70 billion (€79.5 billion) contribution to the UK economy by UK healthcare industry is at great risk.
After the historic Brexit deal defeat (Tuesday 15th January 2019), Gavin Davidson, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, one of the largest data and insights solution providers in the world, gives his view on how Brexit could possibly impact the UK healthcare industry and its contribution to the UK economy.
The ambiguous future of the UK healthcare industry
Davidson said: “Throughout 2018, the global biopharma industry’s opinion of the UK as an attractive place to base research and manufacturing has steadily eroded and last night’s vote will have done nothing to improve this sentiment with the looming possibility of a ‘No Deal Brexit’.
‘‘In a series of quarterly surveys (Q1-Q3), GlobalData asked key respondents from the US, UK, and EU healthcare markets, whether or not they thought that the UK will remain an attractive place to do central business.
“In all markets, decreases in ‘yes’ answers were observed; however, in the UK and EU markets, confidence has collapsed with abysmal rates of 17% and 19% respectively after Q3.
“The UK has always been at the forefront of pharmaceutical and biotechnical investment and development. For this position to be maintained, companies based in the UK want certainty on the outcome of Brexit and with MPs now debating ‘what next’, the stakes couldn’t be higher with the healthcare industries’ £70B ($88.5B) per annum contribution to the UK economy at risk if the country ends up with a no deal Brexit, an outcome that the EU has now escalated its planning for.”
More details on the report
Data taken from GlobalData’s report: ‘Brexit and the Healthcare Industry – Implications for Pharma, Q3 2018’ which provides in-house analyst expertise on the results of a 10-minute survey of 135 GlobalData Pharma clients and prospects fielded from October 3, 2018 to October 19, 2018.
Participants answered questions about how they expected Brexit to affect the healthcare sector, both within and outside of the UK.
