This Cross-party group's purpose
Act as a channel for communications and information between the Scottish Parliament and people within organisations working in the life sciences sector in Scotland, including industry, academia, research and manufacturing.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
If you want to get in touch, you can contact
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5240 Find out about call charges.
MSPs, individuals and organisations who participate in and support this group.
Convener
Party: Reform UK
MSP for: Central Scot and Lothians West (Region)
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame South (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Dumbarton (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region)
Member
Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for: Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Dumfriesshire (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Member
Party: Reform UK
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Coatbridge and Chryston (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Constituency)
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Sandra Auld
David Bowie
Sir Harry Burns
Mark Cook
Dr Karen Facey
Professor Mike Ferguson Professor Frank Gunn-Moore John Mackenzie
Dr Poonam Malik
Layla Robinson
AbbVie Ltd
Amgen
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
AstraZeneca
BioAscent Discovery Ltd
Boehringer lngelheim Ltd
Brain Health-Alliance Research Challenge
Bristol Myers Squibb
Burness Paull LLP
Cancer Research UK
Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd Department for Business and Trade
(DBT)
Epidarex Capital
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Firefinch Software
GSK
Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
Heriot-Watt University
Information Commissioner's Office J&J Innovative Medicines
Kidney Research UK
Kyowa Kirin Limited
Lundbeck
Moredun Research Institute Myeloma UK
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK
Pfizer Ltd
Pioneer Group
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Prosper
Research Data Scotland
Roche Diagnostics Limited
Roche Products Ltd
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust Scottish Brain Health Council Scottish Health Technologies Group
(Healthcare Improvement Scotland) Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA)
SSERC
STADA UK/ Thornton & Ross University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of St Andrews
University of Strathclyde
Minute of the meeting held on 25 September 2026 (135KB, pdf) posted 08 November 2026
Registration Form (3MB, pdf) posted 08 November 2026