Life Sciences & Health Care

More than 100 firms in Ann Arbor are developing technologies to address disease detection and treatment. Strengths are medical devices, imaging, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical development. Support firms include CROs, bioinformatics, and related software development.

# employed in life sciences  3,870
   

Large life sciences-related firms have found the Ann Arbor area a fertile area for acquisitions. Johnson and Johnson, Becton, Dickinson and Company, and i3 purchased local life sciences firms and made the decision to continue to grow the firms here.

Hospitals and Medical Centers

The region is home to three hospital/medical center complexes. The  University of Michigan hospitals and medical center are consistently found on the U.S. News and Business Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll and ranks among the top 10 medical research universities.

# employed in hospitals and medical centers 31,162
   

University of Michigan

Total research expenditures 2011 $1,236,510,624
NIH funding $571,188.536
NSF funding  $  74,246,980
$39.6M in royalties and equity sales  
   

Wet Lab Space

The Ann Arbor region has wet and dry lab space to house start-ups and growing firms. The Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center offers sophisticated wet lab space appropriate for pharmaceutical development.

To view the full information brochure on the life sciences industry in the Ann Arbor region, please click on the link below:

Life Sciences INformational Brochure