Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
Orlando has made a $2 billion investment in life sciences in the region thanks to several recent announcements and projects that include: The Burnham Institute for Medical Research’s new East Coast operations in Orlando; the University of Central Florida’s new medical school and health care campus; Florida Hospital’s new Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement (training facility on minimally invasive surgical techniques for surgeons from across the globe) as well as their new Global Robotics Institute; and leading R&D work coming out of UCF that includes an anthrax vaccine generated through the genetic engineering of tobacco plants, stem cells used from bone marrow to help treat Alzheimer’s and a protein to stop tumor cells from spreading. Because two of the top-ranked hospitals in the nation (Florida Hospital and Orlando Health) are located in Metro Orlando, the region is quickly becoming a global medical destination. The area is also home to the headquarters of several national pharmaceutical distributors and has a healthy number of medical technology companies that manufacture products that deal with tendon repair, spinal implants, bladder control and more as well as a company using cord blood to help save lives. A group of community leaders dedicated to accelerating life science in Central Florida has been dubbed bioOrlando and is actively pursuing initiatives that further grow this fast-emerging industry sector.
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