Kansas City Regional Life Sciences Industry Census 2018 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 4 Background ................................................................................................................................ 7 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 8 Industry Presence, Overview & Analysis ...................................................................................12 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................12 Presence and Overview ........................................................................................................13 Regional Developments 2016-2018 ...................................................................................13 Life Sciences Capital .........................................................................................................21 Incubators, Accelerators, and New Business Facilities.......................................................25 Universities ........................................................................................................................28 Hospitals ............................................................................................................................32 Analysis .................................................................................................................................33 Company Changes Over Previous Census Reports ...........................................................34 Companies by Life Sciences Industry Segment .................................................................38 Companies by Geographic Segment ..................................................................................53 Companies by Employment ...............................................................................................57 Full Listing of Companies ...................................................................................................67 Survey Results ..........................................................................................................................76 Workforce ..............................................................................................................................79 Sales and Research Expenditures .........................................................................................90 Summary and Observations ......................................................................................................95 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................97 APPENDIX ................................................................................................................................99 Copyright © 2019 BioNexus KC Kansas City Regional Life 1 Sciences Industry Census - 2018 Figure 1: Life Sciences Region in 2018 Census ......................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Life Sciences Industry Focus over Time .....................................................................33 Figure 3: Life Sciences Company List: Changes over Time ......................................................35 Figure 4: Historical Life Sciences Industry Segments ................................................................40 Figure 5: Companies and Primary Focus over Time..................................................................54 Figure 6: Concentration of Life Sciences Companies ................................................................55 Figure 7: Regional Life Sciences Employment ..........................................................................56 Figure 8: Life Sciences Employment Change by Industry Segment ..........................................57 Figure 9: Distribution of Companies by Total Employment in 2018 ............................................58 Figure 10: Proportional Distribution of Companies by Employment over Time ..........................58 Figure 11: Survey Respondents by Focus .................................................................................77 Figure 12: Survey Respondents by County ...............................................................................78 Figure 13: Change in Employment in the Last Year ..................................................................80 Figure 14: Change in Employment by Industry Segment ...........................................................81 Figure 15: Hiring Plans in the Next 36 Months ..........................................................................82 Figure 16: Employment Growth Projections by Industry Segment .............................................82 Figure 17: Employment Growth Projections by Size of Company ..............................................83 Figure 18: Use of Part Time or Temporary Workers by Company Size .....................................83 Figure 19: Use of Part Time or Temporary Workers by Industry Segment .................................84 Figure 20: Educational Attainment Needs over Time.................................................................85 Figure 21: Average Length of Entry-level Vacancies over Time ................................................87 Figure 22: Companies Recruiting Outside the Region ...............................................................88 Figure 23: Respondent Revenue Ranges over Time .................................................................90 Figure 24: Research Expenditures over Time ...........................................................................92 Figure 25: Research Expenditure Projections over Time ...........................................................93 Table 1: Life Sciences Region in 2018 Census ......................................................................... 8 Table 2: Industry Codes Used in Preliminary Company Identification ........................................10 Table 3: SSTI Analysis of Early Stage Funding .........................................................................21 Table 4: Local and National Life Science Venture Capital Funding ...........................................22 Table 5: University Research Centers .......................................................................................28 Table 6: Hospitals Conducting Clinical Research ......................................................................32 Table 7: Life Science Industry Focus ........................................................................................33 Table 8: Changes to the List over Time .....................................................................................34 Table 9: Companies New to the List ..........................................................................................35 Table 10: Companies with Name Changes 2015-2018 .............................................................36 Table 11: Companies Merged or Acquired 2015-2018 ..............................................................36 Table 12: Companies with No Information/Moved From the Region ..........................................37 Table 13: Dropped Company Analysis ......................................................................................38 Table 14: Life Sciences Companies by Company Structure ......................................................38 Table 15: Life Sciences Companies by Industry Segment .........................................................40 Kansas City Regional Life 2 Sciences Industry Census - 2018 Table 16: Drugs and Pharmaceuticals ......................................................................................41 Table 17: Biotechnology Research and Testing ........................................................................45 Table 18: Medical Device Companies .......................................................................................47 Table 19: Food Science/Feed or Plant-Based Product Companies ...........................................49 Table 20: Health IT Companies .................................................................................................51 Table 21: Organic or Agricultural Chemicals .............................................................................52 Table 22: Companies & Employment by State over Time .........................................................53 Table 23: Companies and Employees by Region ......................................................................55 Table 24: Employment Change by Region ................................................................................56 Table 25: Life Sciences Companies with 500+ Employees .......................................................59 Table 26: Life Sciences Companies with 100-499 Employees ..................................................59 Table 27: Life Sciences Companies with 25-99 Employees ......................................................60 Table 28: Life Sciences Companies with 6-24 Employees ........................................................62 Table 29: Life Sciences Companies with 5 or Fewer Employees ..............................................64 Table 30: Listing of Regional Life Sciences Companies ............................................................67 Table