David Cameron won Illumina £123m deal after sending Matt Hancock begging letter
The Times says David Cameron’s employer secured a £123 million genetic-sequencing contract after the former prime minister lobbied Matt Hancock to attend a genomics conference, The Times has learnt.
Cameron is a paid adviser to Illumina, a US biotech company that provides gene-sequencing services that can be used to screen DNA for genetic illnesses.
In April 2019 he lobbied Hancock, then health secretary, about the conference, saying: “I understand Jay [Flatley, then executive chairman of Illumina] has sent this direct to your office, but I wanted to i) ensure that you had seen it personally; and ii) strongly endorse their invitation to this significant conference.”
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