The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Medicines are transforming our lives like never before.
We want the UK to be the best place in the world to research, develop and use the medicines and vaccines of the future.
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Latest news and blogs
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Achieving life sciences sector growth requires falling medicine payment rates
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ABPI comment on 2025 VPAG rates of 22.9%
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ABPI response to the Chancellor’s Davos speech on attracting talent for UK growth sectors
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Is investing in medicines harming the health of the UK population?
2024 ABPI Code of Practice – new resources
The PMCPA has published new webinars and e-learning to aid understanding of the 2024 ABPI Code of Practice.
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2024 ABPI Code of Practice
Copies of the 2024 ABPI Code are now available to order. Please note we are no longer delivering outside of the UK.
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Partnering for progress: a data-driven analysis of NHS-industry partnerships
This world-first research aims to systematically measure how NHS-industry partnerships support improved patient outcomes using data from across the NHS.
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Lives Lived Well
From patients and their loved ones to those working within the pharmaceutical industry in the UK, we share a common goal: Lives Lived Well.
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Events
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Online Workshop on SMC: How to prepare and submit to SMC | 10 - 11 March 2025
Making high quality, evidence-based submissions to SMC can mean the difference between successful or very limited access to NHS Scotland for medicines.
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NICE Conference – 27 March 2025
Attend the NICE Conference on 27 March 2025, and save 10% on your ticket using the exclusive ABPI members discount code. Contact our team at membership team at membership@abpi.org.uk to get the code.
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Save the date - ABPI Annual Conference 2025
ABPI’s flagship annual conference will be taking place in central London on 3 April 2025
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Save the date - ABPI Industry Summit 2025
Key facts and figures for the pharmaceutical industry in the UK
£46.7bn
Turnover [6]
£9bn
investment in UK R&D (more than UKRI’s entire annual budget) [3]
£17.6bn
direct Gross Value Added (GVA) [1]