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1. UNITED KINGDOM
Collection/compilation agency: Office of National Statistics (ONS)
Collection/compilation type: Government R&D Survey.
Variables: Budget previsions of central governmental R&D expenditure.
Scope: Government sector.
Frequency: Annual. Data are available from 1993 onwards.
Periodicity: Annual.
Classification used: A NABS (Nomenclature for the Analysis and Comparison of Scientific Programmes and Budgets) analysis of net R&D expenditure – further broken down into biotechnology, information technology, international collaborative projects and payments to firms.
Definition used: Biotechnology is defined as the application of biological organisms, systems and processes to manufacturing or service industries.
Output: N/A
Contact comments: These data are supplied to EUROSTAT.
Contact details: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
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2. UNITED KINGDOM
Collection/compilation agency: Critical I on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry
Collection/compilation type: Statistical survey incorporating information gathered directly from companies, and from market research, annual reports and other information sources.
Variables:
For sector overall and by sub-sector:
- Number of companies
- Age of company
- Number of employees
- Product development pipeline
- Market capitalisation
- R&D spend
- Revenues by category
- Finance raised.
Scope: Private sector biotechnology companies in the United Kingdom.
Frequency: Annual.
Periodicity: Annual.
Classification used: See Definition used.
Definition used: The categories used are:
| Agbio |
Animal healthcare, Biopesticides, Crop Agriculture and food technology |
| Biodiagnostics |
Environmental diagnostics, Healthcare diagnostics, Industrial diagnostics |
| Environmental |
Biocleaning, Bioremediation, Water and effluent treatment, waste recycling |
| Human healthcare |
Biomaterials, Drug delivery, Drug discovery, Gene therapy, Genomics, Vaccines |
| Technology service providers |
Bioinformatics, Functional genomics, High throughput screening |
| Service providers |
Bioprocessing, Chemicals, Contract research, Contract manufacturing |
Biotechnology is defined as “those companies whose primary commercial activity depends on the application of biological organisms, systems or processes, or on the provision of specialist services to facilitate the understanding thereof.”
Output: Forthcoming, Critical I report to the Department of Trade and Industry, 2004 (working title) with data up to the end of 2002.
Contact comments: Critical I use the methodology that was originally developed by Arthur Andersen and used in a series of reports in the 1990s.
Contact details: Department of Trade and Industry, Bioscience Unit http://www.dti.gov.uk/sectors_biotechnology.html
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