Colliers | Life Sciences under the microscope

We examine the distribution of corporate capital and job creation relative to Europe’s established and emerging life sciences clusters

Our 2021 life sciences report puts the EMEA life sciences industry under the microscope, at a time when the business sector in Europe received its highest ever level of capital investment. Europe’s ageing demographic situation, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has accelerated the need for further medicinal/vaccine research, pharmaceutical and medical device production.

In this report we examine the distribution of corporate capital and job creation relative to Europe’s established and emerging life sciences clusters, looking back at how this has changed in the last year, compared to the last 10 years. We identify the locational drivers and key players who have driven activity, the impact of their needs in terms of physical real estate requirements and how this impacts investors.

Life Sciences under the microscope | July 2021

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Damian Harrington is a Director and Head of Research for both Global Capital Markets and EMEA at Colliers. He has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry living and working from various locations across EMEA including London, Dubai, Prague, Helsinki and Amsterdam. Damian is responsible for producing research for internal and external clients. His expertise helps to provide clients with global capital market trends and analysis, and connects them with strategic and actionable insights, such as the changing nature of global capital and the impact on global capital flows. Damian has produced numerous research papers and generated analysis of markets across all asset types - from residential to offices, retail to logistics and hotels to niche sectors such as life sciences, air cargo and data centres. Damian is a member of the EMEA location strategy team and a key member of Colliers ESG focus group. He speaks regularly at internal global conferences, external industry events hosted by GRI, ULI and other key industry bodies, plus key annual events such as MIPIM and EXPO REAL.

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