- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Let's talk life sciences
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Economic Development
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Economic Development
- Date of Original:
- 2020
- Subject:
- Life sciences--Economic aspects--Georgia
Medicine--Research--Georgia
Pharmaceutical biotechnology--Georgia
Medical informatics--Georgia
Biotechnology--Georgia
Industries--Georgia
Business enterprises--Georgia
Industrial promotion--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
color photographs
charts (graphic documents)
outline maps - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA E200 .M1 2020 L5
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-be200-b-pm1-b2020-bl5-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-be200-b-pm1-b2020-bl5-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
LIFE SCIENCES
LIFE SCIENCE COMMUNITY
Georgia offers many resources to assist in research, development, trials, manufacturing and distribution of your products.
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GEORGIA
GLOBAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS HEADQUARTERED IN GEORGIA
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION CARE
CDC TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
THE CARTER CENTER
TALENT
68,000+
life science employees
#1 Workforce
Training Program/ Bioscience Training Center
163,000+
workers in tech related jobs
RESEARCH
21% Growth
in NIH funding to Georgia-based institutions (2010 - 2018)
3,200
current clinical trials 1/3 of trials in Stage 3
2nd in the U.S.
for the amount of funding provided by industry to universities' research
2,000
existing life science establishments
INNOVATION
121% Growth
from 2010 - 2018 in life science patents awarded; the largest growth
in medical and surgical devices
547
patents awarded from 2014 - 2017 for drugs and pharmaceuticals
LOGISTICAL RESOURCES
3 out of top 5 global companies for refrigerated warehousing are located in Georgia, Americold and AGRO Merchants Group are headquartered here.
UPS operates 2 cold chain facilities providing 225,000 sq. ft of dedicated healthcare compliant distribution space and nearly 7 million sq. ft worldwide.
Georgia serves as one of the nation's elite cybersecurity hubs, ranking 3rd in the nation for information security. Metro Atlanta ranks
in top 5 U.S. markets for total bandwidth and fiber access.
LIFE SCIENCES ESTABLISHMENTS
Recognized as a leader in Global Health and Life Sciences, Georgia understands what your business needs to succeed. New business starts in Georgia grew over 32% in the past ten years as a result of a robust life sciences community, a culture of innovation and collaboration, productive workforce, and world-class logistics.
678 RESEARCH TESTING
& MEDICAL LABS:
552 MEDICAL DEVICES: 245 BIOPHARMACEUTICALS:
208 DIGITAL HEALTH: 150 BIOSCIENCE-RELATED DISTRIBUTION: 95 AG. & INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES:
Georgia.org/LifeSciences
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