The Tony Blair Institute has published a new paper setting out why biotech can play a key part in unlocking a better future for the United Kingdom.  

New breakthroughs in biotechnology promise an era of more effective health care in the form of drug discoveries and personalised treatment, all while boosting economic growth. 

Although the UK is cited as a leader in this field thanks to initiatives such as the UK Biobank and Genomics England, it risks being left behind on biotech as a result of surging global competition. 

In A New National Purpose: Leading the Biotech Revolution, Tony Blair and William Hague propose the establishment of new institutions to secure the UK’s place at the cutting edge of biotech invention; there are also recommendations on implementing biosecurity and how to put the country’s wealth of national health data to work, among other proposals.