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Life Sciences

One of the Nation's Top Four Life Sciences Leaders

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There’s something about the Indianapolis Region that attracts life sciences innovators -- Colonel Eli Lilly, founding a medical wholesaler in the 1870s that’s grown into a global pharma/biotech leader. Bill Cook, taking The Cook Group from the spare bedroom of a Bloomington, Ind., apartment to a world medical manufacturing giant. In academia, cutting-edge research that’s mapped the human genome, and put Lance Armstrong back on his bike by pioneering cancer therapies. The list goes on ... and on ... and on.

Today, Indiana boasts a $69 billion biosciences sector and a spot among the nation’s top four states in number and concentration of life sciences jobs.  The Indianapolis metro lands in the top ten regions in the U.S. for life sciences employment.

The jobs, investment and growth stem from our heritage of life sciences innovation -- a competitive advantage for growing businesses in biotech. Where will the next breakthrough happen? Let’s work together to find out.

Investing in Growth:
The BioCrossroads life sciences initiative and the state’s institutional investors have made nearly $140 million in dedicated venture capital available to Indiana’s growing life sciences companies over the last seven years.

Human Capital Connections:
A well-established, highly-skilled workforce serving the state’s existing life sciences industry gets stronger every year as top-notch academic programs (including the nation’s second-largest medical school) produce new graduates.

Largest 10 Life Sciences Employers in the Indianapolis Region:

1. Eli Lilly & Company
2. WellPoint Inc.
3. Roche Diagnostics
4. Cook Medical Device Manufacturing
5. Dow AgroSciences LLC
6. Covance Laboratories
7. Baxter BioPharma Solutions
8. Apria Healthcare
9. King Systems Corporation
10. Beckman Coulter

Other Life Sciences Employers in the Indianapolis Region:

BioStorage Technologies
Indiana University Health
Indiana Oxygen
Medco Health Solutions
St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Centers
 

 Industry Voice


“Indiana’s rich life sciences asset base and growing entrepreneurial culture is sparking a growing economy. Our strong scientific and entrepreneurial spirit enables life sciences companies to thrive — discovering new drugs and devices and then developing and manufacturing them for the global healthcare marketplace. Indiana is right in the midst of the nation’s leading life sciences regions.”

— David Johnson, President and CEO of BioCrossroads

 

 

 

 

 












 

“A lot of the reason we chose Indianapolis is there’s tremendous access to local universities. For example, the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Purdue University offer great engineering talent. We’ve also interviewed people from IU’s Kelley School of Business to help boost our marketing presence as well.”

— Lori Gabrek, Beckman Coulter