THE SPOKANE ADVANTAGE
Education & Talent Thriving Business High Quality of Life Available Property
Spokane Region, a thriving urban metropolitan hub that offers an available workforce, business-friendly climate and collaborative spirit to fuel your business’s success.
Spokane provides the location and resources for innovation, collaboration, and companies to grow and thrive together.
9 Hospitals serve 2.5 million people
770-acre University District in downtown Spokane is home to 2 medical schools, 6 higher-ed institutions, a center for energy innovation, and a smart-city living laboratory
Spokane is the largest healthcare, health sciences and medical education hub from Seattle to Minneapolis, and Calgary to Salt Lake City
Home to Urbanova
- one of the innovators in the smart cities’ movement; Spokane’s own living laboratory
The new Catalyst building is “zero energy,” producing as much energy as it uses. It’s part of a development envisioned to be the five smartest city blocks on the planet and will serve as a replicable model to encourage sustainable design worldwide.
Power rates are low but innovation in clean energy is high
HEALTHCARE & INNOVATION
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With our incentives and cost of doing business our region boasts both established and emerging companies that are changing the face of healthcare.
Cost of doing business is 18% lower than the US average
Ranked in the top 10 of lowest risk for national disasters in the nation
Labor costs, residential and commercial real estate, and utility rates are near or below the national average
Naturally clean, reliable, low-cost water and air
Nonstop
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DOING
airline
service to 20 destinations in the U.S.
Atlanta Boise Chicago O’Hare Chicago Midway Dallas Ft. Worth Denver Everett Las Vegas Los Angeles Minneapolis Oakland Orange County Phoenix Phoenix-Mesa Portland Sacramento Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco San Jose Seattle
TALENT PIPELINE AdvantageSpokane.com Spokane offers a growing source of life sciences talent with the premier educational and medical institutions needed to drive continued industry growth. Healthcare/ Life Science STEM 2 Medical Schools 77,000 Students 3 Colleges 8 Regional Universities 300 3,800 500 4,600 700 2,200 900 3,800 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 C ertifi cate a nd 2yr Awards 4yr Awa rds P ost G raduate Awards 2018- 2019 Total Awards Spokane graduates more medical students per year vs. Seattle
SUCCESS
Recent economic success encompassing the below companies have enhanced and strengthened the Spokane regional economy.
Allele Diagnostics microarray, karyotyping, FISH testing
Neogen Paw Print Genetics
canine genetic health, diagnostic testing, carrier
Gestalt Diagnostics software, connectivity, support services
Jubilant HollisterStier pharmaceutical manufacturing
Medcurity HIPAA Compliance Platform screening
Health Science
And Services Authority (HSSA) in Spokane County funds life and health sciences research with matching NIH SBIR/STTR grants, Grant Writing Assistance, Human Capital and Infrastructure grants, Innovative Health Care Delivery grants, and Access to Health Care grants
S2Media aseptic processes, manufacturing
Patent Activity
In The Last 3 Years: Spokane continues to produce both seasoned and new entrepreneurs that are developing intellectual property resulting in multiple innovative patents that represent revenue generating products.
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TALENT
Life and health science occupations have a broad range of compensation, most providing a solid living wage and many having lucrative career paths.
20% of Employees (1 in 5) in Spokane County work in a health-related field
Spokane Healthcare
4,600 Companies
47,000 Employees
Spokane Life Science
1,600 Companies
14,700 Employees
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Research in our area not only advances therapies and diagnostics for healthcare but brings to Spokane industry key opinion leaders and scientists that contribute and enjoy a robust regional economy.
AdvantageSpokane.com MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation Providence Medical Research Center Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience WSU Spokane Center for Clinical Research & Simulation WSU Spokane Health Education & Research Building WSU Sleep & Performance Research Center WSU Applied Sciences Laboratory
RESEARCH AND INSTITUTIONS
EWU Area Health Education Center
University Science Research Program
Gonzaga
MODERN INNOVATION CLUSTER
Make Washington State and the Mountain Northwest a magnet for companies providing and consuming expert life and health science contract research, development, and manufacturing services of medicines and medical devices, by enhancing workforce development and services to pharmaceutical and medical devices companies.
Develop and promote collaborative relationships between pharma and medical device contract service providers and customers in the Inland Northwest. Evergreen Bioscience Innovation will facilitate regional business growth by increasing our collective value as an integrated supply chain and expanding the name recognition and awareness of the contract services provided within our region. Our members will collaborate to identify and resolve common challenges, think strategically about our industry, and engage across sectors and boundaries to create a world-class contract services ecosystem. Medical Device
Regional Pharma
Focus Areas
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Thriving Industry Total Mountain Northwest Supply Chain Global Entrepreneurship Hub 21st Century Talent World-Class Cluster
SECTORS
Each of these life and health science sectors are complementary to each other, and significantly advance solutions for today’s health issues.
TML
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
Research & Development
R&D
PBM
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
Manufacturing
Medical Devices / Apparatus
Manufacturing
MDAM
HIT Healthcare Information Technology
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Testing and Medical Laboratories
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