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LONDON (Reuters) - London’s Francis Crick Institute was already a magnet for investors in the capital’s so-called Knowledge Quarter, but the coronavirus pandemic has lifted interest in offices and laboratories dedicated to life sciences to a new level.
Computer-generated imagery of Oxford University's planned Life and Mind Building is seen in this undated handout photo. Courtesy Arqui9/ NBBJ/Handout via REUTERS
Investors have been drawn into European real estate dedicated to life sciences, which spans sectors such as biomedical devices and pharmaceuticals, by an ageing population and strong academic research in the region.
But the COVID-19 pandemic has fast-forwarded the script.