The Life Sciences industry is at the forefront of driving advances in technology and innovation to meet health and environmental challenges.
Where are you on your life science growth journey?
Life sciences businesses often execute ambitious, transformational business plans in compressed timeframes that, when implemented successfully, can drive growth to the wider economy.
We partner with you at every stage of your business’s life cycle. Our team of life science industry experts is here to help your business grow and achieve your objectives. At each step, there are a number of typical business and operational considerations, such as readiness for IPO, where we can support you with everything from finding life science investment to meeting industry regulations.
Seed funding – drug discovery/pre-clinical
We can support your business with:
- Advice on company structure, accounting policies, and cost control
- Funding support
- People issues
- Tax planning and innovation/R&D reliefs.
Development and trials – in-licensing/series A/series B funding
We help growing businesses with:
- Advice around cash flow
- Accounting and financial reporting to meet investor standards
- Valuations for external fundraising and staff incentives
- Internal due diligence on process and controls
- Advice on series A and series B funding to reduce the burden on management.
Approval – out-licensing/series C funding
We help life sciences businesses at this stage with:
- Tax advisory on patent box and transfer pricing
- Cash flow forecasts to manage capital and valuations for further funding rounds
- Employment tax compliance
- Strategic reviews, including investment in the right technology
- Exit planning and vendor due diligence.
Commercialisation and globalisation – commercial partnering
To stay focused on the science, many life sciences businesses explore outsourcing their finance function, along with HR and legal services.
Value realisation – exit or IPO
We will support you to meet the required standards for a listing, including a review of your financial track record and the need to transition to IFRS.
We are proud to be a long-term corporate sponsor of Bionow and the founder of their annual BioCap conference, supporting business growth, competitiveness and innovation within the biomedical and life sciences sectors across Northern England. Read key themes from the BioCap investment panel.
We are also proud to support Bionow’s members with tailored guidance, including: What makes transfer pricing an important issue for growing life sciences businesses?

Our UK and US life sciences experts are pleased to support One Nucleus’s Boston Bootcamp for UK life sciences companies looking to expand into the Massachusetts life sciences cluster.
We are also proud to support One Nucleus’s members with tailored guidance, including: Why is cyber security key for securing life sciences partnerships?

Our tax experts examine the impact of R&D regime changes for UK life sciences and biotech businesses.
Watch our R&D video to discover their insights.

Supporting transformation in Healthcare and Life Sciences
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Health Matters
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International business services
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Environmental, Social and Governance
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