Brexit: first aid for pharma, with legal expert Elisabethann Wright

21 June 2016
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In our weekly expert view piece, Elisabethann Wright, partner at international law firm Hogan Lovells, outlines some of the potential risks if British voters opt to exit the European Union (EU).

The life sciences industry, including the pharmaceutical industry, is one of the UK's leading manufacturing sectors. It employs in the region of 90,000 people with exports of medicinal products alone valued at more than £21 billion ($30.9 billion) per year.

The other 27 EU member states represent an important market for UK medicinal products, exported to their territories on the basis of a marketing authorization held by a UK holder.

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