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Economic impact of MRC funded research (PDF)
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MRC-funded research has extensively contributed to the UK economy, giving rise to spin-out companies and medical products worth billions of pounds.
These investments have produced significant breakthroughs which have saved millions of lives and improved health in the UK and around the world.
The examples of economic impact in this report were gathered to represent the breadth of avenues of economic impact for which economic impact has been documented.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of awards funded by MRC which have contributed to the economic wellbeing of the UK.
The report provides details on a relative few examples of impacts.