Life Sciences
Life Sciences thrive in the Eastern Region.
North Carolina's Eastern Region is home to internationally recognized biotech organizations, medical device makers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as leading academic institutions, medical schools, and healthcare facilities.
The academic heart of the Eastern Region is East Carolina University, a Doctoral II research facility and its allied schools of medicine and nursing, the university's cardio-vascular center is a world leader in the development of minimally invasive robotic heart surgery. Linking the university and K-12 institutions is the nationally recognized North Carolina Community College System which offers specialized training programs in healthcare, biopharma manufacturing, bio processing, and many other areas key to the life sciences.
In addition, less than an hour to the west is Research Triangle Park - the nation's largest research park - and the resources of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Duke University.
