Minnesota is known as Medical Alley – the #1 Health Tech Cluster in the world.When it comes to our health and life sciences ecosystem: The 5th largest company on Fortune’s list, UnitedHealth Group, calls Minnesota home, and other global leaders like Mayo Clinic, 3M, Medtronic and Boston Scientific are headquartered or have major operations here. We rank 2nd in medical device patents per capita and 6th in overall patents per capita.

Our patent and technology rankings speak to this culture of innovation and our momentum.

Businesses thrive here because of that curiosity, creative energy, and passion. We’re naturally curious people looking for solutions because we genuinely care about making the world a better place for all. We prize and prioritize innovation and collaboration.

Businesses looking to start, expand or relocate in Minnesota will find a supportive community of like-minded partners in the public, private and nonprofit sectors who are passionate about their work and its potential to save and improve lives across the globe. That's why we have a robust health and life sciences ecosystem. Minnesota is committed to developing, building and promoting health and life science technologies across a broad swath of industries – including medical devices, health care, pharma & biotech, health IT, animal science, biomaterials/biofuels and more. We know it's not about living longer, but living better

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