S I T E S E L E C T I O N MARCH 2017 9IND Y P ARTNERSHIPCentral Indiana’s LifebloodShout it from the rooftops: Greater Indianapolis is a global life sciences capital.If you had an idea for a medical device or life science solution, you’d want feedback from a diverse team of bioscience professionals, access to capital, affordable R&D and product development space. And a community of like-minded entrepreneurs who were willing to help you commercialize your venture would be ideal.Maybe Boston or San Diego is on your radar. But you’d be remiss if you didn’t set your sites on the nine-county Indianapolis area. The pillars of the area’s robust life science industry include the global pharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device giants Eli Lilly and Company, Roche Diagnostics (which is by ELLEN BERMANe ditor @ site s ele c tion.c omLife SciencesDavid Broecker, president of the new Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI), says bioinformatics is a hot topic and growth area.Photo courtesy of Ascend IndianaIndy17-full.indd 93/3/17 8:16 AM
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