April 26, 2024
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Florida's life sciences industry is on the map
Created almost from scratch since 2003, Florida's life sciences industry is progressing — despite some high-profile failures.
Jason Garcia | 8/26/2016
| Life Sciences Jobs (selected categories) | |||
| Category |
2006 Firms/Jobs |
2015 Firms/Jobs |
Change Firms/Job |
| Medical equipment wholesalers | 1,950 / 18,120 | 1,956 / 19,937 | 0.3% / 10.0% |
| Physical, engineering & biological research | 784 / 11,170 | 1,148 / 15,529 | 46.4% / 39.0% |
| Medical labs | 621 / 10,384 | 1,050 / 13,190 | 69.1% / 27.0% |
| Surgical & medical equipment manufacturing | 58 / 7,665 | 212 / 7,197 | 265.0% / -6.1% |
| Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing |
12 / 490 | 49 / 730 | 308.3% / 49.0% |
| In-vitro diagnostic substance | 4 / 122 | 9 / 93 | 125.0% / -23.8% |
| Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Florida Trend research | |||
National Institutes of Health Funding
In 2006, the largest NIH awards to private, non-university, non-state funded institutions in Florida were:
- $11.01 million: Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa, a free-standing non-profit that coordinates clinical trials and research into eye diseases and diabetes
- $9.73 million: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
- $1.5 million: Altor Bioscience in Miramar, a venture-backed clinical stage biopharmaceutical company
- In 2015, the largest NIH awards to private, non-university, non-state funded institutions in Florida were:
- $35.90 million: Scripps Florida
- $22.45 million: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
- $11.3 million: Jaeb Center for Health Research
- $3.92 million: Nemours Children’s Clinic in Jacksonville
Source: National Institutes of Health; Florida Trend research
| NIH Funding to Florida’s Public Universities | ||
| University | 2006 | 2015 |
| FAMU | $3.99M | $5.50M |
| FAU | 4.76M | 4.61M |
| FIU | 14.07M | 17.88M |
| FGCU | 0 | 457,000 |
| FSU | 10.80M | 17.24M |
| UCF | 6.35M | 6.27M |
| UF | 113.56M | 132.55M |
| UNF | 327,000 | 0 |
| USF | 0 | 95.69M |
| UWF | 223,000 | 208,000 |
| Total | $154.12M | $280.44M |
| Source: National Institutes of Health; Florida Trend research | ||
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