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Florida boasts one of the nation's top life sciences industries, with top talent and opportunities for research and collaboration.A Leading Life Sciences Industry
Florida’s life sciences workforce will breathe new life into your establishment.
More than 1,440 establishments operate within the Florida biotech, pharmaceutical and medical development scene, with a foundation of more than 46,000 healthcare establishments. The state offers these companies and R&D centers a broad range of industry expertise. Florida is home to the nation’s second-largest medical device manufacturing industry, second-largest pharmaceuticals manufacturing industry and the fifth-largest biotech R&D industry. Major players in the field that have already taken up residence in Florida include Johnson & Johnson, Bausch + Lomb, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Medtronic, Arthrex and the Mayo Clinic.
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Life Sciences
Florida boasts one of the nation's top life sciences industries with top talent and opportunities for research and collaboration. Learn more below.
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Talent
Talent
Nothing is more important to a company’s success than its workforce. Currently, more than 29,000 Floridians work in the state’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical device manufacturing industries. As the fourth ranked state in the country for high-tech employment and world-class educational institutions, which are among the nation’s top producers of STEM graduates, Florida offers a leading talent pool to power your company’s future.
Research and Collaboration
Research and Collaboration
Florida is home to several growing life sciences hubs, making it an ideal place to jumpstart your next innovative venture. One prime example is the University of Florida’s Innovation Hub that has generated $10.4 billion in private investments, launched 200+ startups and generated 7,900 jobs. Another standout innovation ecosystem is the Lake Nona Medical City, a premier location for medical care, research and education, which was built on the proven theory that a cluster of healthcare and bioscience facilities located close to one another will accelerate innovation. Other notable life sciences hubs in Florida include the UM Life Science and Technology Park and Florida Hospital Health Village.
Leading Life Sciences Institutions
Leading Life Sciences Institutions
Ranked as one of the top three most innovative states in the nation, Florida is home to more than 46,000 cutting-edge life sciences establishments. Among those organizations are 400 biotech establishments, 350 pharmaceutical establishments and 690 medical development establishments. Its hospitals and 726,000+ healthcare workers engage in a broad range of research and clinical trials, with strength in Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and more.
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Life Sciences
Biosysco to Locate Equine Medical Technology Division in Ocala
OCALA, Fla. (August 21, 2020) – The Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership (CEP) joins Enterprise Florida and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity today in announcing that Biosysco, a […]
Business Climate
Jacksonville-Based Healthcare Technology Company Forcura to Add 115 Jobs, Open New Corporate Headquarters
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 27, 2020) – Forcura, a healthcare technology company that enables safer patient care transitions along the care continuum, announces that it plans to create 115 jobs in […]
Business Climate
MPLT Healthcare Employs 131 at New Corporate Headquarters in Boca Raton
BOCA RATON, Fla. (April 20, 2020) – The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB), in cooperation with Enterprise Florida, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the City of […]
Foreign Direct Investment
Florida Companies Report Total Sales of More Than $158 Million Following MEDICA Trade Fair
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (March 9, 2020) – Thirty-three companies traveled with Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) to the MEDICA Trade Fair in November 2019. Those companies reported sales of more than […]
Foreign Direct Investment
Florida Businesses Project More Than $143 Million in Export Sales Following MEDICA
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (May 19, 2019) – Following the Enterprise Florida-led trip to the MEDICA healthcare show, 23 small and mid-sized businesses reported more than $143 million in total actual […]
Foreign Direct Investment
EFI Opens Florida Pavilion at MEDICA
DUSSELDORF, Germany (November 14, 2018) – Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) opened the Florida Pavilion this week at MEDICA, the world’s largest medical trade show. Florida is represented by a record […]
Foreign Direct Investment
Florida Small Businesses Report $18 Million in Sales at Hospitalar Trade Show
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (June 13, 2018) – Hospitalar 2018 proved to be another successful trade show for the small and medium-sized Florida healthcare businesses that exhibited. Florida Pavilion exhibitors reported […]
Life Sciences
Greenway Health Expands Tampa Headquarters, Adding More than 100 Jobs
TAMPA, Fla. – Governor Rick Scott announced today that health information technology and services provider Greenway Health is expanding its headquarters in Tampa. The company will add another 104 new […]
Foreign Direct Investment
Record Number of Companies Report More than $69 Million in Export Sales Following Arab Health
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 21, 2018) – A record 23 Florida small and mid-sized businesses exhibited in the Florida Pavilion at the Arab Health Trade Fair this year. Those companies reported […]
Headquarters
ABC Home Medical Supply to Create 35 Jobs at New Corporate Headquarters in St. Lucie County
ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that ABC Home Medical Supply, a national supplier of specialty medical supplies, has selected St. Lucie County as the location for their […]