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Invest in the future - Come to Queensland, Australia’s emerging Asia-Pacific biomedical hub

Queensland: Connected. Collaborative. Investment-ready.

Invest in the future with Queensland, where world-class biomedical research and talent, advanced manufacturing, globally- accepted clinical trial data, Asia-Pacific connections and an enviable lifestyle create the ideal environment for success.

Queensland combines industry capability with government support to help businesses establish, expand and grow.

  • Biomedical is a Queensland Government priority industry.
  • Focused on building sovereign manufacturing capability, securing critical supply chains and creating high-value jobs.
  • Coordinated support from initial engagement through project delivery and ongoing growth.

Whether you're looking to invest, expand, commercialise, manufacture or collaborate, Queensland offers the connections, capability and support to accelerate your next stage of growth.

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  • AA+/Aa1 strong, stable economy

  • A$511B Gross State Product (GSP)

  • +3.6% real GSP annual growth rate

  • Low tax rates (4.75%-4.95%)

  • 5.6 million people

  • 1,727,000 square kilometres in size

  • 8 world-class universities and 9 research hospitals across Queensland

  • Biomedical sector contributes A$4.15B in Gross Value Added (GVA)

  • 0.8% of Queensland GSP is from biomedical sector

  • Almost $533M in biomedical exports

  • Employs over 27,300 people across industry and research

  • Over 230 biomedical companies

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Clinical trials

Queensland is a global hub for cutting-edge clinical research and development, offering a one-stop shop for seamless end-to-end clinical trial solutions.

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Queensland delegates

Partner with Queensland’s delegates at BIO 2024 in San Diego!

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Health and knowledge precincts

Queensland is home to established and emerging health and knowledge precincts – all with strong linkages with Queensland research hospitals and dedicated world-class research institutes and centres.

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World-class research

Queensland science makes a difference globally, with strengths across all the fields of science particularly in applying research to the real world.

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Case studies

  • Queensland is rapidly emerging as a global biomedical innovation hub, combining world-class research, advanced manufacturing and government support to develop groundbreaking health technologies, attract investment and improve health outcomes worldwide. WearOptimo is a home-grown success story, creating the next generation of wearables right here in Queensland. Read more.

  • Queensland’s world-leading biomedical research has gained global recognition, with Sanofi acquiring Vicebio to advance the University of Queensland’s Molecular Clamp technology, showcasing the state’s strength in translating innovation into global health solutions. Read more.

  • Queensland researchers are developing a breakthrough blood test for coeliac disease that could provide faster, more accurate diagnosis and demonstrate the state's growing global leadership in biomedical innovation. Read more.

  • Dubbed one of the world’s deadliest spiders, the Fraser Island funnel-web is a hero to Queensland researchers who have used its venom to help develop a world-first drug to assist heart attack and stroke victims. Read more.

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Please contact us for any enquiries about Queensland’s biomedical sector.

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“We have been seduced from day one by the quality of the science that we saw here, but also very much seduced by the ‘one Queensland team’ approach. We’re also coming here to Queensland because of the vision of the government of Queensland and the universities, working together with the ambition to make Queensland a global biomedical hub.”

Dr Jean-Francois Toussaint, Global Head of Vaccine Research and Development, Sanofi