Where breakthroughs begin.
Finding answers in Alabama.
Nearly 18,000 people work in Alabama’s flourishing bioscience industry, and their work is changing the quality of life itself. The University of Alabama in Birmingham ranks in the top 1% of institutions in NIH funding, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is unlocking the mysteries of diseases with genomic research, and Birmingham-based Southern Research is leading the way in drug discovery and development. Plus, with new private bioscience sector investments topping $400 million since 2021, scientists in Alabama have the support they need to make the next great discovery. Alabama is creating revolutionary solutions to life’s great questions.
780
bioscience companies
576
bioscience patents awarded
(2016-2019)
$7.3B
annual economic impact
18k
sector employees
Research & development
Alabama bioscientists aren’t just providing solutions to the problems we face today, they’re also researching and making discoveries that improve lives beyond what we can imagine. Our state is home to several companies and organizations working on breakthroughs that will be felt around the world.
Biomaterials manufacturing
Scientific discoveries require the right tools, and Alabama’s leading biomaterials manufacturing companies are making products and devices that change how we administer medicine for the better. Here, bioscience and specialized manufacturing are coming together to further medical breakthroughs.
Home to progress.
Groundbreaking research is happening right here in Alabama. Huntsville is home to Cummings Research Park, the nation’s second largest research park. Over 300 companies, more than 26,000 employees, and 13,500 students spend their days at CRP, collaborating to bring progress from Huntsville to the rest of the world.
Cracking the code.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are advancing computational biology and personalized medicine, improving treatments and outcomes for deadly diseases. At HudsonAlpha, scientists have made discoveries that unlock the mysteries of ALS, cancer, and more. And Southern Research has discovered seven FDA-approved medicines used in cancer treatments. The health of the future is in Alabama’s hands.
Harvesting change.
In Alabama, we’re future-proofing the world’s food supply. By developing genomic tools, researchers at the HudsonAlpha Center for Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture are exploring ways to replace bad plant genes with better ones. With these plant biotech tools, they’ll be able to create improved crops, maximize fuel production from plant biomass, reduce fertilizer use, and eliminate fungicides to increase yields.
Made of a different material.
Auburn’s SiO2 Materials Science spent a decade developing a unique vaccine vial with a microscopic glass coating perfect for biological drugs and vaccines. This innovation helped Moderna distribute its groundbreaking COVID vaccine. In Birmingham, Evonik is producing organic polymers for medical devices and non-oral drugs that naturally dissolve within your body over time, dramatically altering the future of medicine.
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