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Momentum Builds in Health Care and Life Sciences
A wide range of facilities and a growing biotechnology industry support cutting-edge medical products and services.
Besides health care services, some of the world’s biggest medical products and services companies operate in Northeast Florida. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care produces the world’s leading contact lens brand, Acuvue, from its Jacksonville headquarters. Johnson & Johnson came to the area when it acquired a homegrown Jacksonville business, Frontier Contact Lenses, more than 30 years ago.
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is one of Jacksonville’s largest companies with more than 2,000 employees and about $3 billion in annual sales.
Another international corporation that bought a homegrown Jacksonville company is Medtronic, which acquired Xomed Surgical Products. Medtronic took over the business that makes surgical instruments for ear, nose and throat doctors and employs more than 700 people.
McKesson, the fifth largest company in the Fortune 500, came to Jacksonville in 2013 when it acquired PSS World Medical, a distributor of medical supplies to physician offices across the country. It also employs more than 700 in Jacksonville.
Northeast Florida’s health care industry continues to draw new businesses to the region. In 2017, Formativ Health announced it would hire up to 500 employees for a new patient access service center.
“We know Jacksonville offers an extraordinary labor force that will enable us to meet our patients’ expectations,” says Formativ CEO Dennis Dowling.
“As a company that supports the medical community by making their operations more efficient and productive, Formativ Health will enhance Jacksonville’s presence in this all-important sector of our economy,” Mayor Lenny Curry said when Formativ announced the new center.
“No one can deny the momentum that is building in Jacksonville, especially in the health and life science sector,” he said.
