MAC adds much-needed skills to shortage occupation list

29 May 2019 Posted in News By Press Office

The ABPI contributed to the Committee's consultation on the report, emphasising that industry relies on attracting a sustained supply of specialist scientific skills through access to global, as well as home-grown talent.  

Andrew Croydon, Director of Skills and Education welcomed the report on behalf of the ABPI, saying: 

“The UK needs a highly skilled workforce so we maintain high quality research, create the advanced treatments people need and secure better outcomes for patients.

“The Committee has heard our views and recognised important skills gaps, including bioinformatics, clinical pharmacology and immunology.

“To create advanced treatments, increasingly we need our scientists to study the immune system and harness the power of genetics – hence all these disciplines are vital. Putting these fields on the shortage occupation list will help us as we look to address the evolving shortages we face.”