Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland is the second most populous city of Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. It is also the largest financial centre of UK after London. The pharmaceutical market of UK is all set to grow at a pace from $28.8 billion in 2015 to almost $43 billion by 2020, representing a (CAGR) of 8.4%, driven primarily by the life sciences industry. The pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom directly employs approximately 72,000 people and in 2007 contributed around £8.4 billion to the UK's GDP and invested a total of £3.9 billion in R&D.