CREATING THE INTEGRATED HEALTH SOLUTIONS OF TOMORROW
Wisconsin is addressing global health and sustainability challenges and propelling the world toward better solutions through proven expertise across the full biohealth spectrum, including medical devices and diagnostics, biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals, digital health and health research.
Wisconsin innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs are working side-by-side to address the world’s evolving health challenges. Wisconsin boasts some of the nation’s top research institutes, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison investing more than $1 billion annually in research and development. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), founded in 1925, is among the oldest and most successful technology transfer offices in the nation. Technology transfer offices at the Wisconsin System Technology Foundation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University and the Blood Center of Wisconsin also provide assistance for researchers and inventors to commercialize their discoveries, helping to ensure that scientific breakthroughs reach their potential to save and enhance lives.
Due to Wisconsin’s strength in multiple subsectors of biohealth, the state has become an attractive destination for foreign direct investment. Many biohealth startups in Wisconsin have grown into thriving companies with valuable technology drawing international interest.
Wisconsin’s culture of discovery and dedication to improving human health around the world creates opportunities for business, career and personal fulfillment.
BIOHEALTH LEADERSHIP
Wisconsin is consistently ranked at the top, from health care and cost of living to career opportunities and industry development.
44,000+
INDUSTRY JOBSWisconsin Bioscience Economic Development, 2017
$2.3 MILLION
IN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT EXPORTSGlobal Trade Information Services, 2016
1,900+
INDUSTRY COMPANIES2015 Wisconsin Bioscience Economic Development Report
BIOHEALTH INDUSTRY RESOURCES
BIOHEALTH COMPANIES IN WISCONSIN®
Alcami
Cellectar Biosciences
Cellular Dynamics
Exact Sciences
GE Healthcare
Gilson
Lucigen
Neuwave Medical
Promega
Stemina
Stratatech
Zurex Pharma Agra
“We have an ecosystem that can help propel the Wisconsin economy forward while making a difference in health care. We are doing great things for patients and we are doing great things for the economy.”
SUCCESS STORIES
Aldevron
Catalent Pharma Solutions
NeuWave Medical
Swoop-Med LLC
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TESTIMONIALS
Wisconsin’s strong economic engine is helping businesses across the state maximize their success. Learn how companies are thriving by exploring our testimonials.
“Being located in Wisconsin allows us to leverage the state’s strengths as a premier global hub for energy and water. These strengths include strong state support for water technology and a leading electric-drive and generator industry, all supported by a framework of higher education institutions that lead the world in these fields.”
“The Jackson and Sturtevant locations provide Kerry and our customers with value-added benefits, including a strong talent pool, robust transportation infrastructure and central proximity to our North American customers and suppliers.”
“We know of Wisconsin’s reputation for its great growers and fertile land. In addition to its proximity to key markets, we chose DeForest because we recognize shared values that have long been important to us: family, community, helping others and always being down-to-earth.”
“We have an ecosystem that can help propel the Wisconsin economy forward while making a difference in health care. We are doing great things for patients and we are doing great things for the economy.”