A couple of interesting facts about British Medical Research -
According to Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, one in five of the world's biggest-selling prescription drugs were developed in the UK.
Whilst the UK with less than 1% of the worlds population and less than 3% of global investment produces over 15% of the worlds most influential scientific papers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/24206119
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Originally Posted by New York Times
Britain is home to GlaxoSmithKline, the largest European drug maker, and AstraZeneca. The industry adds about £7.5 billion a year to the economy, and one in five of the world's top treatments was developed in Britain, according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/bu...e.4663653.html
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Originally Posted by Cancer Research uk
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Originally Posted by Cancer Research UK
“Our research is behind 19 of the top 20 drugs used to treat cancer patients worldwide today. Our work has underpinned the huge progress we are now seeing in preventing more deaths from lung cancer. And our progress over decades has helped to develop radiotherapy as a major form of treatment for half of all cancer patients.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...-year-low.html
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Furthermore British Scientists Peter Manfield and Godfrey Hounsfield were instrumental in the development of MRI Machines and CT Scanners used to diagnose conditions such as Cancer and were awarded Noble Prizes for their efforts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mansfield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Hounsfield
It's also worth noting that London has more top global universities than any other individual city according to QS Worldwide University Rankings, with the city's UCL and Imperial College London both ranked among the world's top five universities, with Kings College London also makes the global top twenty rankings and the London School of Economics being ranked as one of the best in terms of it's specialised field.
http://www.topuniversities.com/unive...-cities/london
http://www.topuniversities.com/unive...=false+search=
London is also home to the vast British Library with over 150 million items and 3 million new items added annually, as well as the National Archive at Kew with documents spanning over a thousand years, the London Metropolitan Archive, BBC Archive, part of the BFI Archive as well as numerous libraries and archives belonging to London's vast array of Museum and Academic Libraries. On top of this London is home to a massive public library service with over 395 branches and over 17 million books.
The major London Universities and Research Centres are currently investing heavily in terms of new buildings and campuses, with Imperial planning an impressive new campus at White City, King's College building a superb new campus at Canada Water and UCL being heavily involved in both the Francis Crick Institute as well as still considering a new campus based to the East of London, Queen Mary University of London is also planning a vast medical city at Whitechapel, the London School of Economics are also investing heavily in new Campus buildings, whilst in terms of arts and culture the establishment of the new University of the Arts with a new campus at Kings Cross is of major significance in terms of London's standing as a global centre for art education.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/orgs...erry-Site.aspx
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.u...apel_1_2931888
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...k-8982657.html
http://www.kingscross.co.uk/central-saint-martins
Here's The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine plan for a new 22.75 acre (Imperial West Campus) at White City in London
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/imperialwest
The LSE recently announced that Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has won a competition to design a new centre for social sciences at the London School of Economics, which will be on the Houghton Street/Clare Market site.
http://www.dezeen.com/2013/11/19/rog...-of-economics/
http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/ne...Sciences-.aspx
http://www.lse.ac.uk/aboutLSE/meetTh...nn-Fields.aspx