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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