Pharmaceuticals in North England
The size and depth of North England's pharmaceutical industry make it easier for Life Science companies to market and produce new innovations.
- Four of the top five U.S. pharmaceutical companies are based in North England.
- More than 30 percent of the UK's pharmaceuticals labor force works in North England. Our region's Sunderland University has one of the UK's largest pharmacy schools.
- 50 percent of the U.S.'s supply of flu vaccine is manufactured at Chiron Vaccines (a business of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics) in Liverpool.
Several major pharmaceutical companies call North England home, including:
- AstraZeneca
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Eli Lilly
- GSK
- Merck
- Sanofi-Aventis








