About SC1
SC1 is a Destination for
Innovators in the Heart of London
SC1 is a Life Sciences Innovation District in South Central London that brings public sector partners together with start-ups, founders and innovative businesses, creating a dynamic intersection of health, technology and data, centred around one goal – optimising health equity, locally and globally. We enable academic and clinical partners, along with BioPharma, BioTech, Technology companies, investors and entrepreneurs to co-locate and collaborate to unlock game-changing life sciences innovation.
SC1 by Numbers
7
Committed
Founding Partners
4
Transformative
Strategies
1
Innovation
Hubs
3
Reimagining Innovation
and Health Equity
Clear Mission
MEET OUR
Founding Partners
SC1 is a truly integrated approach to an Innovation District that brings together seven committed partners with over a century of healthcare innovation history, and a shared purpose of tackling the lack of health equity locally and globally, to put life sciences at the heart of a major global city.
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In the Times Higher Education 2023 world university rankings, King’s College London (KCL) was listed as 10th best in the world for the subject of ‘Clinical and Health’ and ranked 8th in the world for ‘Psychology’. Notably, KCL is a proud founding partner of the Francis Crick Institute; the UK’s flagship biomedical research institute and ranks among the top universities for collaborations which benefit the economy and society (Knowledge Exchange Framework, 2022). Its innovations have produced over £1 billion in either investment or share sale proceeds in companies it has helped launch and was ranked first in London for equity investments into spin-outs in 2022.
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The Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is consistently ranked as the number one Trust in London for clinical research. It operates across five leading hospitals that provide a full range of lifelong, general and specialist care, as well as clinical research, innovation, education, and training. The Trust is notable for their leadership in cardiovascular, respiratory and children’s health.
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The King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of London's largest and busiest teaching hospitals and operates across five sites. The Trust specialises in nationally and internationally recognised liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology and foetal medicine work.
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The SLaM NHS Foundation Trust is the largest mental health trust in the United Kingdom and unique in the world in regards to its wide-ranging capabilities across care and treatment, science and research, and training. The KCL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN)continues its partnership with the Maudsley NHS Trust in driving world-class clinical research, through joint initiatives such as the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre.
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Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation are an independent charitable foundation with an endowment of close to £1 billion, making it one of the largest in the UK. The Foundation invests in and partners with organisations to tackle significant health challenges, investing c. £136 million in work in Lambeth and Southwark in the last five years.
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Lambeth and Southwark are neighbouring inner-London boroughs located south of the River Thames. Both boroughs are young, diverse, and rapidly growing, with residents from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. SC1 is proud to be part of this vibrant, well-connected and iconic part of South Central London, with a long history of innovation in healthcare.
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King's Health Partners is a world leading Academic Health Sciences Centre based in South East London. Its tripartite mission is to pioneer better healthcare for all by integrating world class research, care, education and training.
It brings together three leading NHS Foundation Trusts – Guys’ and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley – with a globally renowned university, King’s College London.
WHAT DRIVES US
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a transformative life sciences ecosystem in central London dedicated to innovation, creative partnerships and to improve life for our local and global communities.
That Anchor Our Vision and Drive Everything We Do
4 STRATEGIC PILLARS
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SC1 is becoming the ‘go-to’ ecosystem for start-ups, entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises with an established network of support from academic and clinical experts, funding opportunities, a wide-ranging pool of talent and resources at every point along the entrepreneurial journey.
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SC1 leverages local talent, linking residents to jobs, creating pathways into the sector from school to workplace, and works with industry partners to ensure that new jobs created cater to diverse qualifications and skill-levels.
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SC1 is reimagining the model for open, collaborative, public-private partnerships that are needed to creatively solve complex healthcare challenges and drive health equity locally and globally. SC1 explores trends in healthcare such as personalised care, early detection, diagnosis and prevention while leveraging data, digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence as a key part of our partnership strategy.
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Establishing a range of adaptable spaces that cater for the needs of start-ups and entrepreneurs, SMEs and multi-national organisations. Developing buildings and creative spaces within Lambeth and Southwark that will foster co-location and partnership within the private and public sectors, around the shared goal of improving health equity, whilst ensuring a positive impact on local communities.
Meet our Board Members:
Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kakkar KBE PC, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University College London, Chair, King’s Health Partners, Director, Thrombosis Research Institute, Co-Chair SC1
Professor Sir Robert Lechler, Emeritus Professor at King’s College London, Co-Chair SC1
NED: Dame Fiona E. Murray, Associate Dean of Innovation and Inclusion at the MIT School of Management and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship
Georgina Rizik, Executive Director, SC1 London Life Sciences Innovation District
Professor Shitij Kapur, President & Principal of King's College London
Professor Richard Trembath, Senior Vice President, Health & Life Sciences, King’s College London, Executive Director, King’s Health Partners
Professor Ian Abbs, Chief Executive, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Mr David Bradley, Chief Executive, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Clive Kay, Chief Executive, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Laurie Lee, Chief Executive, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Foundation
Althea Loderick, Chief Executive, London Borough of Southwark
Councillor Martin Seaton, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Business & Town Centres – Southwark Council
Councillor Evelyn Akoto, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Southwark Council
Councillor Claire Holland, Leader, Lambeth Council
Bayo Dosunmu, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lambeth
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