Life Science
uses life-saving and life-enhancing technologies to improve the
quality of life for people.
Life Science
is an important industry in Missouri, accounting for roughly 13%
of the state's total economy.
According to
the Battelle Memorial Institute, to be a leading Life Science
center Missouri must focus its efforts, investments, and
initiatives in three key areas:
Supporting the development of Life Science companies;
Building Life Science research capacity;
Developing a workforce that will enable the Life Science
sector to grow and succeed.
Missouri’s
Life Science sector is defined using the North American Industry
Classification System.
Through the first half of 2003 there were approximately 2,000
Life Science companies in Missouri.
These companies employed 6.79% of the state's total
workforce.
The typical Life Science job pays 24% more than the statewide
average wage.
Missouri has a
number of research assets on which to grow and build.
Significant
Life Science activity exists in every part of the state.
