MICHIGAN’S HEALTH CORE

Accelerating
Life Sciences + Technology
Ideas Into Action

The Lansing region’s industry community at the center of it all. We are a dynamic ecosystem that creates new and impactful ways for people around the world to lead healthier, safer and better lives.

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OUR COMMUNITY

A diverse and growing community of enterprises, institutions and talent.

The Lansing region is home to more than 153 organizations leading the life sciences + technology industry.

Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)

WHO WE ARE

At the center of Michigan’s vital life sciences + technology industry.

In Michigan’s Health Core, companies, institutions, industry leaders, new thinkers and skilled makers are all finding opportunities to be successful – by thinking big and creating solutions for better lives.

Here, we know how to accelerate ideas into action. Our diverse industry community includes leading expertise from research partners to product innovators to distribution experts.

Backed by the support of Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), this is a place for do-ers – people with innovative ideas and meaningful products who care about getting what’s needed to help others out into the world. This is where Michigan’s life sciences + technology industry network converges to create safer, healthier and better lives around the world.

This is Michigan’s Health Core.

Area enterprises and institutions across diverse specialties.

Recent and on-going investment in healthcare facilities and related research, manufacturing and technology.

Employed in medtech and healthcare careers in the Lansing Region.

Life Sciences graduates every year.

WHO WE ARE

At the center of Michigan’s vital life
sciences + technology industry.

Here, we know how to accelerate ideas into action. Our diverse industry community includes leading expertise from research partners to product innovators to distribution experts.

This is Michigan’s Health Core.

Area enterprises and institutions across diverse specialties.

Recent and on-going investment in healthcare facilities and related research, manufacturing and technology.

Employed in medtech and healthcare careers in the  Lansing Region.

Life Sciences graduates every year.

Featured News

Three university students sit together on a bench, arm over arm, smiling.

Capital Area College Access Network Addresses Health Care Shortages by Designing Healthcare Pathways

The Capital Area College Access Network (CapCAN) creates a college-going culture in the Capital region by supporting college and post-secondary opportunities, readiness, participation, and completion.

Lansing Community College Is Strengthening Emergency Response Through Education and Partnership

First responders are a critical component of a region’s healthcare infrastructure. Firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians with advanced training can increase survival rates and outcomes for the patients they care for.

Iaso Therapeutics Develops Next Generation of Vaccines

A small MedTech startup in East Lansing is quietly developing the next generation of vaccines.

Iaso Therapeutics has developed a breakthrough synthetic vaccine platform that will improve health and treat a variety of diseases, including cancer and microbial infections.

UM Health-Sparrow Proves Innovation Thrives in Mid-Michigan

LEAP

University of Michigan Health-Sparrow has been caring for the people of the Lansing region since its founding in 1896, when a group of pioneering women organized the Women’s Hospital Association after determining that Michigan’s growing capital city needed improved access to health care.

Ionetix Leads Advanced Nuclear Medicine with Therapeutic and Diagnostic Isotopes

LEAP

One of the few companies in the U.S. producing therapeutic and diagnostic isotopes like Ac-225 and N-13 is headquartered right here in Lansing, and is helping to drive the innovation behind Michigan’s Health Core.

McLaren Shows Why the Future of MedTech Is in Michigan’s Health Core

LEAP

Collaborative cancer care. Innovative diagnostic medicine. Pioneering robotic surgery.

McLaren Health Care demonstrates what’s possible when a major health system, a top-tier research university, and a supportive business environment converge in the Lansing region.