An FAI report makes the following points about Scotland’s growing pharmaceutical industry:
- worth £2.7 billion a year to the Scottish economy
- employs more than 5,000 people
- supports in total 16,500 FTE jobs
- total pharmaceutical exports increased 26% (2008-2013) against background of 15% in overall export growth
https://www.epmmagazine.com/analysis/scottish-pharma-may-drive-long-term-sustainable-growth-notes/
This looks like one more example of the reasons underlying Scotland unique in the UK trade surplus. See:
Scotland’s 2017 trade surplus grows as England’s deficit soars saddling the UK with ever more debt
Talking-up Scotland 
There is real cutting edge research into pharmaceuticals at Ninewells/Dundee University. The major international pharmaceutical companies provide significant levels of finance and other support, such as source chemicals of almost total purity.
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Dundee has a few things going on – City of technology, Computer Games too
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