The healthcare and life sciences landscape is transforming. Demographics, quality of life, environmental and economic shifts are all contributing. As the global population is growing and aging, new areas of medical need are emerging. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us all that the world needs to be better prepared to respond to global health emergencies, regardless of geography, or socio-economic position.
A healthy population enables individuals and communities to prosper socially and economically, as well as live longer with a good quality of life. NPL provides the measurement infrastructure to accelerate innovation and technological advances that will enable the UK to diagnose, monitor, treat, cure and prevent a wide range of diseases and reduce health inequalities.
We are working to shape the future of healthcare, to get new and more effective diagnostic tools, treatments, and medical technologies to patients more quickly.
Michael Adeogun - Head of National Challenge (Health), NPL
Efficacy and performance of new drugs and treatments.
Find out moreNPL works within the new accelerated access pathways for earlier adoption of Medical devices and new technology for patients in the NHS and consumer markets.
Find out moreEngineering biology and new bioproducts for health applications and a net zero economy
Find out moreCost-effective, world class care for more patients
Find out moreNPL used scanning electron microscopy and rheology to characterise Pear Bio’s novel hydrogels
Find out moreWe provide national science and measurement infrastructure, which provides expert metrology capability to the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Our expertise helps deliver confidence in the data which underpins decision making in the development of new medicines and brings together the physical sciences with other disciplines to tackle health challenges and accelerate technological innovation. At NPL we:
NPL is supporting key areas of healthcare and life sciences to:
Our scientists work closely with collaborators across the UK and around the world to inform our approach to current and foreseeable challenges. We create partnerships with key stakeholders from the private, public and non-profit sectors to help drive innovation.
Contact us to find out more about our healthcare and life sciences work and learn more of the expertise available through collaboration with our experts.
Find out more about the range of work we do in life sciences and health.
Our research and measurement solutions support innovation and product development. We work with companies to deliver business advantage and commercial success.
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