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Office for Life Sciences

The Office for Life Sciences (OLS) is a unit of the Government of the United Kingdom.

History

The OLS was created in January 2009 by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[1]

The first policy paper published by the OLS was titled "UK Life Sciences Strategy," and was made available online December 5, 2011.[2] One of the described plans from the paper was to "make the UK the ‘go-to’ place for experimental medicine."[3]

An update was published on August 20, 2012, focusing on a shift in investment and overall priority to cell and gene therapies, regulatory ‘flexibility,’ and advances in genetics.[4]

On December 10, 2012, another update was published titled "Strategy for UK life sciences: one year on."[5]

  1. Government creates Office for Life Sciences. (2009, April 6). PMLive. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827111106/http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/government_creates_office_for_life_sciences_141216 ↩︎

  2. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, & Office for Life Sciences. (2011, December 5). UK life sciences strategy. Government of the United Kingdom. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-life-sciences-strategy ↩︎

  3. Rees, H. (2023, March 1). How Bill Gates hijacked a failing pharma system and smashed it: A tale of incompetence, deceit, greed, and an unmitigated thirst for power. UKColumn. https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/how-bill-gates-hijacked-a-failing-pharma-system-and-smashed-it-a-tale-of-incompetence ↩︎

  4. Willetts, D. (2012). Life Sciences Strategy Update. Department for Business Innovation & Skills. https://web.archive.org/web/20230410033314/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/34596/12-1123-life-sciences-strategy-update-august-2012.pdf ↩︎

  5. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Office for Life Sciences, & Willetts, D. (2012, December 10). Strategy for UK life sciences: one year on. Government of the United Kingdom. https://web.archive.org/web/20230423210918/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategy-for-uk-life-sciences-one-year-on ↩︎