Edinburgh BioQuarter is one of the UK’s leading health innovation locations. It boasts an established and growing ecosystem where leaders in healthcare, academia, economic development and local government work together to deliver a shared vision for its development. It is a key initiative in the development of Scotland's life sciences industry, which employs more than 39,000 people in over 750 organisations. A community of 8,000 people currently work and study within the boundary of BioQuarter, located on the south side of Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city. It is approximately three miles from the city centre and easily accessible by public transport, with Edinburgh International Airport a 20-minute journey by car, depending on traffic. This 160-acre site is a melting pot of talent which includes award-winning health innovation businesses, the globally renowned University of Edinburgh Medical School, 900-bed Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences. The site is also home to NINE - Life Sciences Innovation Centre and many of the University of Edinburgh’s world-leading medical research institutes, including the Institute for Regeneration and Repair and Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic. Partnership and Economic Impact BioQuarter is a partnership with four of Scotland’s most prominent organisations - the City of Edinburgh Council, NHS Lothian, Scottish Enterprise and the University of Edinburgh - and together they work towards delivering a shared vision for the development of the location as a £1billion Health Innovation District. Over the past three decades there has been over £600m investment in capital developments. BioQuarter has generated an estimated £2.72 billion in gross value added from its research, clinical and commercial activities, and a further £320 million from its development. On-going investments by the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian in academic and clinical facilities make it one of the most comprehensive health innovation locations in the UK. History In 1997, the Scottish Government obtained planning permission for land in the Little France area of Edinburgh for a new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and it was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 1998. This allowed the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh’s Medical School to relocate from their historic sites in Edinburgh city centre. Development commenced immediately and in 2002 NHS Lothian opened the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, a major acute teaching hospital. At the same time the University of Edinburgh completed