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.
47,000+
BIOHEALTH INDUSTRY JOBSEMSI Q3 2019 dataset, Class of Worker category, QCEW Employees 2017 Employment and Infogroup
$3 BILLION
IN EXPORTS OF MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND BIOTECH AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTSU.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division data via WISERTrade, 2018
1,800+
BIOHEALTH INDUSTRY COMPANIESInfogroup 2019
BIOHEALTH INDUSTRY RESOURCES
BIOHEALTH COMPANIES IN WISCONSIN®
Alcami
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Covance
Epic Systems
Epicentre (Illumina)
Exact Sciences
GE Healthcare
Gilson Inc.
Lucigen (LGC)
MilliporeSigma
Phillips-Medisize
PPD
Promega
Thermo Fisher Scientific
“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.”
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“Wisconsin’s uniquely integrated biohealth industry makes Wisconsin stand out both nationally and internationally. With over 107,000 directly supported biohealth jobs, 4,300 firms, and over $27 billion in economic impact, Wisconsin is quickly becoming a hub of biohealth and biomanufacturing excellence.”
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