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Cultivating a rich biotech landscape

More than 500 North Carolina Life-Science Companies

Biotech companies by region

  • #1 Place to do business by Site Selection magazine for 6 of last 7 years
  • Fastest growing biotech hub in the country
  • 57,000 employees with average salary of nearly $75,000 (2008)
  • Lowest state & local tax burden on business, Council on State Taxation and Ernst & Young
  • 528 biotechnology companies & growing
  • 110 contract research & testing companies
  • $1.9 billion in state and local taxes

Cultivating a rich biotech landscape