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15 December 2020PharmaSally Shorthose and Rumana Khanom

What 2020 means for the life sciences

2020 has been a tumultuous year in many respects and the conflation of a pandemic and the impact of the UK’s departure from the EU has profound implications for the life sciences and medical devices industries in the UK and the EU. In this article, we consider how and why these events will have such an effect and how affected businesses may need to prepare for these.

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