From Sun Belt Boom to Biotech Hub: Why Southern Florida’s Moment has Arrived

Author(s)Daniel Teper, PharmD, MBA, Raquel Cabo

Greater Miami is rapidly emerging as an international biotech hot spot—as capital, talent, and infrastructure converge to transform the region from a tourism-driven economy into a globally connected life sciences innovation hub.

Southern Florida is experiencing one of the most significant economic transformations in the US. Once viewed primarily through the lens of tourism, wealth management, and sunshine-migration, the region is increasingly attracting some of the world’s most influential companies; it is a shift that reflects deep structural changes in how and where innovation chooses to cluster.