Biotechnology and Life Sciences

As the name implies, biotechnology is technology based on biology, the harnessing of cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products. Biotechnology touches on numerous industries including agriculture, food production, health care, manufacturing and energy technology.

Kentucky

HFL Sport Science Inc. has opened the company’s new laboratory in Lexington to provide drug surveillance, doping control and research to equine and other sports industries. The lab, which represents a more than $4 million investment, will create 48 new jobs, including 25 high-tech positions, paying an average salary of over $47,000.

National Center for Toxicological Research in Pine Bluff, AR
Life sciences are alive and well in Jefferson County, AR, where government and private businesses are bringing state-of-the-art research and development enterprise to Southeast Arkansas.
Texas

Texas has emerged as a global leader in the biotech and life sciences industry, boasting a highly skilled workforce, first-class education and research institutions and innovative funding programs.

TX Biomedical Research Institute
Texas
Life sciences and biotechnology are growing industries in Texas. The state is a world-class destination for biomedical research, biotech firms, medical manufacturing and life science start-ups, yielding an impressive $75 billion economic impact statewide.
Unique equipment, research know-how fuel work at institute
Life Sciences and Research in Washington State
Washington
From lab research to medical device manufacturing, Washington is a global life sciences leader. More than 160 biopharmaceutical companies, 250 med techs and 36 nonprofit life science research organizations call Washington home.
The Engineering Department at Eastern Carolina University is tailor made for North Carolina’s Eastern Region. The department is only seven years old, but is already proving to be a valuable asset to the region and its manufacturing companies.
BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals in San Antonio, TX
Texas

Research prowess, state initiatives breed a booming bio sector.