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METRO SPOTLIGHT Indianapolis Region, Indiana By Michelle Janowitz Indianapolis Indianapolis Region LIFE SCIENCES ASSETS • The Indianapolis Region is home to the Indiana University School of Medicine—the second largest research and teaching hospital in the U.S.—as well as other top-notch research institutions such as Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame, and the RoseHulman Institute of Technology. • The region has six state-certified technology parks, with incentives to encourage clustering and growth of new companies. Many of these incentives are focused on nurturing life sciences companies. • The Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center is a 65,000square-foot life sciences business incubator in downtown Indianapolis, and home to 22 new companies. • Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, IN is the nation’s largest university-based incubator; it is home to the state’s highThe Indianapolis Region is a est concentration of high-tech and life sciences companies, 10-county area—including including 40 startups employing more than 2,500 workers. Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, • Purdue University’s Discovery Park, a $250 million campus, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, and will house interdisciplinary research and education facilities, Shelby counties—that is home to such as the Birck Nanotechnology Center and the Bindley around 1.9 million people. BioScience Center. • Biologistics, the world’s second largest FedEx hub, is located at IndiLARGEST COMMUNITIES IN THE anapolis International Airport. The region also has a solid network INDIANAPOLIS REGION of companies experienced in the special techniques needed to store Indianapolis 785,597 and ship medical and pharmaceutical products. Bloomington 69,247 • The Indianapolis Region boasts the second highest concentration Lafayette 61,244 of biopharmaceutical jobs in the Carmel 60,570 United States. Anderson 57,496 • Indianapolis ranks ninth out of Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census; STATS Indiana 50 North American and European cities for having the lowest THE INDIANAPOLIS REGION’S total operating cost for biomedLARGEST LIFE SCIENCES EMPLOYERS* ical facilities. Industry Employees 17,000 4,200 3,200 2,800 Pictured left is famed pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company’s main lobby at its headquarters in Indianapolis. The company employs around 17,000 workers in the Indianapolis Region. Earlier this year, a report by BIO and Battelle ranked the Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area, home to 24,051 bioscience jobs, as having the ninth largest concentration of bioscience jobs in the nation. Eli Lilly and Company WellPoint Inc. Pharmaceutical Mfg. Insurance Carriers Name of Company Roche Diagnostic Corp. Surgical and Medical Instrument Mfg. * Does not include health care or higher education facilities under NAICS code 61 or 62 Source: The Indy Partnership Employer Database 2006 8 NOVEMBER 2007 PHOTO CREDIT: BANAYOTE PHOTOGRAPHY Dow AgroSciences LLC Agricultural, Chemical, and Biotech

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Business Facilities - November 2007

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