Life Sciences

Fargo Moorhead can provide your life science business the conditions it needs to succeed: top-notch universities conducting core research, medical research facilities to carry it further, and private biotechnology companies that apply new knowledge in useful products and services.

Our companies and universities are breaking new ground by leveraging an expanding knowledge base and the value of industry clustering. With their innovation and drive, Fargo Moorhead's low cost of doing business, collaborative government, and an intelligent, dedicated workforce, they're injecting new life into their life science-based businesses.

• Concordia College Global Vaccine Institute performs research and development in vaccine design and pre-clinical trials, focusing on neglected tropical diseases such as hookworm. 
• Center for Biopharmaceuticals Research and Production (CBRP), at North Dakota State University, performs economically-significant and market-driven research and development of biopharmaceuticals like vaccines that address commercially-relevant, industrial problems for companies located in North Dakota.
• The Center for Protease Research, which is a multidisciplinary research center focusing on matrix metalloproteinases to help combat diseases.
• The Center for Visual Neuroscience, which is home to two state-of-the-art EEG laboratories conducting electrical brain-imaging experiments.
• University settings where undergraduate as well as graduate students are the focus in research experiences, gaining hands-on experience with advanced diagnostic and analytic equipment.
• Specialized life sciences educational curriculum which includes techniques such as QA/QC methods which provide a realistic research experience that is designed to meet the needs of biotechnology companies.
• Access to the benefits of the Minnesota Biotechnology & Health Sciences Zone.

Industry Cluster

A growing cluster of life sciences-focused companies are already conducting profitable business in Fargo Moorhead. They include:

• Aldevron
• PRACS Institute
• AltraVax 
• Clinical Supplies Management Inc.
• Winmar
• Precision Diagnostic Services
• MeritCare Sleep Disorders Center
• Thrifty White Drug
• DragonTech
• Dakota Technologies
• Imaging Solutions
• DMS Health Group
• Eating Disorders Institute
• Odyssey Research
• Psychiatry Networks
• Fargo Automation 

Fargo Moorhead also has the proper intellectual infrastructure of local and regional colleges and universities to educate an life science workforce.