Greensboro-High Point is emerging as a major life sciences center, strengthened by research parks, medical schools and world-leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Gateway Research Park, the Innovation Quarter and institutions like UNC-Greensboro, NC A&T State University, High Point University, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, anchor a dynamic ecosystem of discovery.
Companies including Syngenta, Procter & Gamble, Ecolab, ThermoFisher Scientific and Cambrex thrive alongside pioneering research at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, where breakthroughs such as the first lab-grown organ implant originated. With strong hospital networks and robust STEM education across Greensboro-High Point, the region delivers the talent and innovation platform today’s life sciences companies need to grow.