Hoosiers Work For Health is the Indiana chapter of a national initiative that unites health consumers, biopharmaceutical company employees, vendors, suppliers and other business and community partners to demonstrate how these diverse groups are vital to Indiana’s socioeconomic climate, and provide shared benefits and a better quality of life to all.
Specifically, the partnership includes local chambers of commerce and research centers, labor, businesses, patient advocacy organizations, provider groups and biopharmaceutical research companies that work together to improve America’s health care system and strengthen our economy.
The biopharmaceutical sector is the foundation of one of Indiana’s most dynamic innovation and business ecosystems. Not only does the industry invest heavily in the research and development of new treatments and cures, it also generates high quality jobs, powers economic output and exports for the U.S. economy and sustains a very large-scale supply chain.
Supporting High Quality Jobs in Indiana
The innovative biopharmaceutical sector directly supported 24,658 jobs in Indiana in 2017. These jobs are often high-skill, high-wage professions.
The industry also supported another 115,286 jobs indirectly, for a total of about 139,944 jobs across the Indiana economy. These additional jobs are with vendors and suppliers such as construction companies and I.T. companies, and jobs generated by the sector’s employees such as day care centers and restaurants.
Indiana workers whose jobs were supported by the biopharmaceutical sector paid a total of $2.1 billion in personal taxes in 2017—$1.8 million in federal taxes and $234.3 million in state taxes.
Indiana's Economic Impact
In 2017, the biopharmaceutical sector supported $55.6 billion in economic output for the state of Indiana—including $36.3 billion generated directly by the sector, and another $19.2 billion through its vendors and suppliers and through the economic activity of its workforce.
Direct Output per Direct Employee in 2017
vendor relationships
vendor spending
$1,394,990,500
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Elected Officials
Partners
Business Organizations
Accelerating Indiana Municipalities (AIM)
Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce
BioCrossroads
Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
Bloomington Economic Development Corporation
Carmel Chamber of Commerce
City of Bloomington
City of Evansville
City of Linton
City of Vincennes
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Develop Indy
Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana
Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce
Goodwill Industries of Indiana
Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Black Expo
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Economic Development Association (IDEA)
Indiana Health Industry Forum
Indiana Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Latino Institute
Indiana Manufacturers Association
Indiana Minority Supplier Diversity Council
Indiana State Nurses Association
Indy Chamber
Jackson County United Way
Jefferson County United Way, Inc.
Johnson County Development Corporation
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, Inc.
Northeast Regional Chamber of Commerce
One Southern Indiana
Posey County Economic Development Partnership
Radius Indiana
Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. (ROI)
St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce
Town of Bicknell, IN
Town of Huntington, IN
Town of Loogootee, IN
Town of Mitchell, IN
Town of Oakland City, IN
Town of Petersburg, IN
Town of Washington, IN
Tri State Community Clinics
United Way of Central Indiana
Biopharmaceutical Companies
Bayer
Eli Lilly and Company
Pfizer
PhRMA
Roche Diagnostics
Endocyte
Labor
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union #481
Central Indiana Building Trades Council
Indiana Sheet Metal Workers
National Electrical Contractors Association – Central Indiana Chapter
Quality Connection
Patient/Disease
The ALS Association of Indiana
Alzheimer's Association Greater IN Chapter
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Arthritis Foundation of Indiana
Autism Society of Indiana
Cancer Support Community Central Indiana
Cell Therapy Foundation
Centerstone
Disabled American Veterans, Department of Indiana
Indiana State Dept. of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Epilepsy Foundation of Indiana
Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana
Gennesaret Free Clinic
Indiana Council of Community Mental Health Centers
Indiana Minority Health Coalition
Indiana State Chapter of National MS Society
Indiana Urban and Rural Health Network
Joy’s House
The Julian Center
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Indiana Chapter
Little Red Door Cancer Agency
Lupus Foundation – Indiana Chapter
Mental Health America of Indiana
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Indiana
National Kidney Foundation of Indiana
Stop COPD
Susan G. Komen Central Indiana
Vendors
Apparatus
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (BASi)
Energy Impact, LLC
Genesis Plastics Welding
Maetrics LLC
Pearl Pathways
Performance Validation
Project Technologies
Schaefer Technologies
Miles Printing
Theoris Group, Inc.
Wilhelm Construction
Academia
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Franklin College
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Media
Watch the highlights from the 2018 We Work For Health Summit.
Watch the highlights from the 2018 We Work For Health Summit.
Meet the owner of Schaefer Technologies, Kevin Schaefer. Learn why he and his employees work for health.
Meet the owner of Schaefer Technologies, Kevin Schaefer. Learn why he and his employees work for health.
Scott Rizzi is an engineer at Schaefer Technologies, a machine manufacturing company located in Indianapolis, IN. He and his colleagues are responsible for designing and building machines that serve the biopharmaceutical industry. Meet Scott and learn how he and Schaefer...
Scott Rizzi is an engineer at Schaefer Technologies, a machine manufacturing company located in Indianapolis, IN. He and his colleagues are responsible for designing and building machines that serve the biopharmaceutical industry. Meet Scott and learn how he and Schaefer Technologies work for health.
