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BioMed Hubs
Top 25 telehealth hospitals ranked by visit claims
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor topped the list of hospitals providing the most telehealth visits billed to Medicare during the first quarter of 2021, according to a Dec. 6 analysis from Hospital Pricing Specialists.
Top Biotech-Pharma Hubs in the World for International Students
Attending a university for studying Biotechnology or Biomedical engineering close to a biotech hub (also called bio-pharma cluster) can be very advantageous. In this post, we will look at the top biotech hubs (clusters) around the world, particularly in popular study abroad destinations. While making the university list, the majority of prospective students focus on rankings, departmental profile & reputation, tuition fees, and living expenses and other popular factors. But, for biotechnology and biomedical students, it’s only wise if you choose a university close to a biotech hub.
Top 10 U.S. Biopharma Clusters 2021
Judging from the numbers reported by the nation’s top U.S. clusters, 2020 saw record-high amounts of lab space and NIH funding, as well as record-high numbers of jobs and patents. Those highs are reflected in high regional numbers seen in GEN’s annual ranking of the nation’s top 10 biopharma clusters. GEN ranks regions based on five quantifiable criteria:
NIH funding—Taken from the publicly available NIH RePORT database, for the current federal fiscal year through March 1, plus all of fiscal year 2020, which ran from October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020.
Venture capital (VC) funding—Figures for all of 2019 and all of 2020. For some regions, figures were compiled through the publicly available PwC/CB Insights MoneyTree™ Report. For other regions where figures were not available from MoneyTree, figures were furnished to GEN by regional life sciences groups.
Patents—Based on the number of patents containing the word “biotechnology” awarded since 1976 in namesake cities and suburbs where key companies are located.
Lab space—Based on the highest total-size-of-market figure, in millions of square feet, furnished by any of several commercial real estate companies, including JLL (in its annual U.S. Life Sciences Outlook report for 2020), CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and Newmark.
Jobs—Based on figures furnished by regional life sciences groups, or where those figures do not exist, from JLL’s report. While job numbers are included in the rankings, less weight had to be given to job totals in regions where GENhas found widespread discrepancies in job figures.
Where are the hottest drug discovery hubs in the US?
In 2021, Savills put together a report on the regional hubs attracting science/pharma investment1. The report notes that the focus on science and pharma throughout the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the emergence of new locations as life science hubs and name checks Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California as examples of centres with heightened investment appeal in the life sciences1
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