The data shows the number of companies in the biopharmaceutical sector in the UK in 2017, by turnover size band. The biopharmaceutical sector researches and produces pharmaceutical medications which are extracted or semi-synthesized from a biological source. These can include vaccines, antibodies, blood and tissue products and therapeutic proteins. In 2017 there were 224 companies in the biopharmaceutical sector with a turnover of five million GBP or over. This was followed by 116 companies with a turnover of between 250 thousand and 500 thousand GBP.
