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Table 1 Key parameters extracted from UK Bioscience and Health Technology Statistics raw data

From: Regional industrial growth and biopharma patent networks: empirical insights from the UK

Type of data

Parameter name

Definition

Location

PACode

UK postcode area code

region

NUTS region based on the postcode

Number of firms

Ntotal_2015-2020

annual number of all the biopharma and medical technology firms

- by sector

NBPCore_2015-2020

Biopharmaceutical Core sector

NBPSvc_2015-2020

Biopharmaceutical Service and Supply Chain sector

NMTCore_2015-2020

Medical Technology Core sector

NMTSvc_2015-2020

Medical Technology Service and Supply Chain sector

- by turnover band

Nt1_2015, 2017-2020

0-£49K

Nt2_2015, 2017-2020

£50K-£99K

Nt3_2015, 2017-2020

£100K-£249K

Nt4_2015, 2017-2020

£250K-£499K

Nt5_2015, 2017-2020

£500K-£999K

Nt6_2015, 2017-2020

£1M-£5M

Nt7_2015, 2017-2020

£5M+

- by employment band

Ne1_2015-2020

0-4

Ne2_2015-2020

5-9

Ne3_2015-2020

10–19

Ne4_2015-2020

20–49

Ne5_2015-2020

50–99

Ne6_2015-2020

100–249

Ne7_2015-2020

250+