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Site Selection: Hale & Hearty

  • October 15, 2018

From cutting-edge medical treatments to seamless electronic record keeping, Missouri’s innovative health care companies are changing the industry’s landscape around the world, according to a new article from the Site Selection team.

Some of the world’s most prestigious hospitals, medical schools and health care companies call the Show Me State home. Across the state, 40 colleges and universities offer degrees in biological and biomedical sciences. Some 54,000 people are employed in the bioscience industry with more than 4,400 companies. The Missouri Biotechnology Association ranked the Kansas City region as the fifth per capita in clinical trials. And another study conducted by Harvard Business School ranked the state at No. 12 for employment in biopharmaceuticals.

Companies like Pfizer, Ascension Health, Cerner, Centene Corporation, Express Scripts and many other health innovation companies call the state home and propel its reputation as a bioscience and health care leader forward.

Check out the full article from the Site Selection team here.

For more information on Missouri’s health innovation industry check out our webpage, or contact Steve Johnson, CEO of Missouri Partnership, at 314.725.2688 or via our contact form. He will answer any questions you might have, and explain how Missouri Partnership can help with your business expansion and investment needs.

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