Life Science & Biotechnology 

Kansas City is the global leader for animal health, nutrition research, innovation and production in the life science and biotech industries. There are nearly 300 life science companies in the Kansas City area, employing approximately 35,000 people.

Medical Research

Kansas City is renowned for its strengths in the medical research field, including:

• Health care information
• Pharmaceutical development
• Outcomes research
• Comparative medicine
• Cardiology
• Oncology
• Neuroscience

The Animal Health Corridor

The Greater KC area is also known as the KC Animal Health Corridor, renowned as being the largest concentration of animal health companies in the world. KC area companies account for more than half of total worldwide animal health, diagnostics and pet food sales.

Learn more about the KC Animal Health Corridor.

Life Sciences Employment & Education

Thousands of highly-skilled workers are employed by life science companies throughout the KC region, including:

• Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc
• Oracle Cerner
• Quest Diagnostics
• MRIGlobal

View a full listing of life sciences and biotech employers in the KC region.