The data shows the number of companies in the biopharmaceutical sector in the UK in 2017, by employee 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, over three hundred companies employed between one and four people, the smallest company employee band size. 125 companies employed between five and nine people, the second smallest employee band size.
