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A WORLD WITHIN A CITY Life Sciences in Birmingham UK In the heart of the UK and with one of the most diverse populations on earth, Birmingham is A WORLD WITHIN A CITY. The city of Birmingham presents unrivalled opportunities to the Life Sciences market. BIRMINGHAM 3 A world within a city White British 53.1% Caribbean 4.4% Pakistani 13.5% Mixed 4.4% Other ethnicity 6.7% Bangladeshi 3.0% Indian 6.0% African 2.8% White other 4.8% Chinese 1.2% The city’s diverse ethnic and demographic mix provides a perfect platform for clinical trials and medical research.

BIRMINGHAM 4 A world within a city A patient pool Nearly half of of over Birmingham’s six million residents are are within a under 30 one-hour drive

BIRMINGHAM 5 A world within a city Warwick University The University of is internationally Birmingham is the UK’s top university linked with for Genomics Project Harvard and works in Medical School collaboration with for research. Cancer Research UK.

Aston University is the UK’s top university for Biologics and is known for its award winning research in biotechnology.

BIRMINGHAM 6 A world within a city “Our outstanding facilities and partnership working, combined with multi-disciplinary academic excellence across the University, and a diverse regional population of over five million, make Birmingham one of the few global cities equipped to deliver the full circle of translational medicine.” Professor Myra Nimma, Head of College of Life and Environmental Sciences,

BIRMINGHAM 7 A world within a city £545m Cost of Birmingham’s state of the art Queen Elizabeth Hospital

500+ Number of medical technology companies in Greater Birmingham

2019 Opening of Midland Metropolitan Hospital, serving 500,000 people

BIRMINGHAM 8 A world within a city The region has an international reputation and proven track record in clinical academic programmes, clinical trials and translational research.

BIRMINGHAM 9 A world within a city 25+ 100 Number of Number of years’ countries in which R&D experience Binding Site has of Binding Site representation

The Binding Site, in the heart of The Calthorpe Estate, researches, develops, manufactures and distributes specialist immunodiagnostic assays and instrumentation.

BIRMINGHAM 10 A world within a city Cancer Research UK chooses Birmingham to provide groundbreaking research, and for its core funded clinical trials. These trials work on breast, lung, prostate, sarcoma and head/neck cancers in children and adults. 120 Number of researchers that comprise the expert team

600+ Number of cancer clinical trials managed by the team

BIRMINGHAM 11 A world within a city The BioHub Birmingham is a fully-serviced biomedical research laboratory that provides innovative start-ups with access to comprehensive facilities and equipment.

BioHub is one of the most advanced ‘Plug-n-Play’ facilities in the country

BIRMINGHAM 12 A world within a city 180 23 Number of medical Number of Edgbaston organisations based training facilities in Edgbaston allied to medicine

Birmingham School of Dentistry is ranked 80 first in the country Number of hospitals for 4* and 3* and specialist care dentistry research centres in Edgbaston

BIRMINGHAM 13 A world within a city A jewel in the City’s Medical and Life Sciences: Calthorpe Estates Edgbaston and EMQ (the Edgbaston Medical Quarter) Calthorpe Estates is one of the UK’s most forward-thinking and progressive property investment and development companies, delivering contemporary developments in the heart of the country. 1 Distance in miles from Birmingham city centre to the Calthorpe Estate

299 1500 Number of years the Size in acres of The Calthorpe Estate has Calthorpe Estate been family owned 1717 - 2016

BIRMINGHAM 14 A world within a city A4400 A4540 Icknield Port Inner Ring Road Outer Ring Road

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Pebble Mill QE Hospital University Station Women’s Hospital Major EMQ / LS Location ITM Birmingham University Key Locations Railway Line Key Roads Birmingham Metro Birmingham Sprint A38 Tech + LS City Sector Battery Park Selly Oak Station Future Harborne Rd Link

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A38 BIRMINGHAM 15 A world within a city Birmingham is surrounded by a world class, multi-modal integrated transport infrastructure, providing fast, affordable connectivity to London, Europe and the rest of the world.

7m Number of people that live within a one hour drive of Birmingham

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BIRMINGHAM 17 A world within a city Birmingham, and particularly its University, has been the home of many winners – the majority from the Life Sciences fields.

BIRMINGHAM 18 A world within a city Francis Sir (Walter) Edgar Sir Peter William Aston Norman Haworth Algernon Robert Brian Medawar 1877 - 1945 1883 - 1950 Gasgoyne-Cecil 1915 - 1987 1864 - 1958 Awarded the Nobel Awarded (jointly) Awarded the Nobel Prize Prize in Chemistry the Nobel Prize in Politician and Peace (jointly) in Physiology in 1922 Chemistry in 1937 Activist, awarded the or Medicine, 1960 in 1937

“My time in Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken.” Sir Paul Maxime Nurse FRS FREng Geneticist, former President of the Royal Society, and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute

Maurice Hugh Sir John Robert Sir Paul Maxime Professor Frederick Vane FRS Nurse FRS FREng Peter Bullock Wilkins CBE, FRS 1927 - 2004 1949 - present 1937 - 2008 1916 - 2004 Awarded (jointly) Awarded (jointly) the Awarded (collectively) Awarded the Nobel Prize the Nobel Prize for Nobel Prize for Physiology the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly) in Physiology or Medicine, 1982 or Medicine, 2001 in 2007 Medicine, 1962 Ralph Minott Kaleigh Haeg Carl Potter Director of Development Life Science Specialist Director Calthorpe Estates Colliers International Bilfinger GVA 76 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8LU 50 George Street, London W1U 7GA 3 Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2JB Tel: 0121 248 7676 • Mobile:07979 650 116 Tel: 020 7487 1932 • Mobile: 07867 164 626 Tel: 0121 609 8388 • Mobile: 07831 820 641 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.calthorpe.co.uk www.colliers.com www.gva.co.uk