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Missouri has an active and growing life sciences community, encompassing world-class research institutions; strong plant, animal, and medical sciences companies; a fertile technology transfer, incubator and start-up environment; and an active venture capital initiative that provides a full spectrum of capital availability.
Our international connections, Midwest work ethic, infrastructure, and history of research success all deliver momentum for biotech business.
- We are part of the world's most fertile cropland, which generates 75 percent of American farm productions.
- Quality agriculture industry: Missouri ranks second nationally in the number of farms (105,000) and ranks in the top ten for production of every major crop and livestock category.
- Missouri ranks No. 2 in plant genomics funding from the National Sciences Foundation; No. 5 in total life science funding
- There were 1,040 Life Science businesses in 2007
- There were 31,812 Life Science jobs in 2007
- There were 8,730 science and engineering doctorate holders in Missouri's workforce in 2003.
- Total research and development performed in Missouri in 2002 totaled over $2.4 billion dollars.
- The top five sectors in the Life Sciences Industry, which account for 76.9% of jobs, include: physical, engineering and biological research; pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing; pesticide and other agriculture chemical manufacturing; medical laboratories; and surgical and medical instrument manufacturing
- The National Institute of Health awarded Missouri more than $473 million through 1,206 grants in 2007.
In order to maximize the enormous potential rewards offered by the rapidly expanding life sciences sector, Missouri is targeting six fields for advancement:
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Explore Missouri’s life sciences clusters through our interactive mapping tool. See their demographic and economic base and view the clusters by sector, by location, or organization by organization.
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