What makes the Chicago area a great place for business

Why locate your life science business here?

  • The U.S is the largest pharmaceutical market in the world
  • A culture that is responsive to life science research
  • The city has 2,900 daily flights to more than 200 cities worldwide, all  Class-One North American railroads, access to major U.S. Interstates
  • Over $800 billion gross regional product (GRP), larger than countries like Belgium, Sweden and Norway
  • 9.5 million people, 4.3 million employees, and over 260,000 businesses

For more information, check out World Business Chicago

Chicago is a great place for a life science company

  • Six schools of medicine (University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rush, Loyola, and Rosalind Franklin)
  • The largest concentration of physicians in the country
  • Major federal research labs (Argonne and Fermilab)

Media

World Business Chicago "Anything is Possible"
Peter Soelkner on "Vetter's Dual Chamber Technology"
Michael Rosen on "why a company should locate in the U.S".
"Fresenius Kabi recognized that the Chicago area had the core competency as well as the critical mass in the pharmaceutical industry"
David Bowman - APP, a Fresenius Kabi Company
"As a pharmaceutical research company, we value the opportunities for collaboration with world class universities and medical schools, innovative biotechnology companies and the dedicated and talented physicians involved in medical research."
Dr. Kouichi Tamura - Astellas Pharma

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