Therese coffrey7 Sep 2022 10:57
As the new health & Social care secretary, with a mountain to climb, I asked suzy how closely she will be involved/ informed of the innovative actions /potential of small bios like Val who, if successful, can help revolutionise the NHS both in hospital & home care treatments & costs ....I was encouraged with her reply explaining Vals PROACTIVE approach ...please read on verbatim..
Hi Fred - I haven’t met her previously. The work that we do around lobbying politicians is through the BIA. They co-ordinate campaigns from small biotechs (the ABPI does larger Pharma) in order to draw attention to particular problems or to lobby for more funding; changes in regulation; anything else that’s political!
The government groups actively approach the BIA when looking for opinions and ideas.
Both myself and Kevin sit on the BIAs Science and Innovation Advisory Committee.
It’s more effective to lobby MPs as a group then as an individual company.
Best wishes,
Suzy