Life Sciences: Growing Companies

Mason, Ohio

For four years a small area research and development team has been quietly toiling away on a technology they are confident will one day be used to treat a broad range of human cancers.

513-807-0574
632 Russell St
Covington, KY 41011

A cute little koala bear is making heads turn in delivery rooms around the world and Cincinnati's JoeyMedical is beaming.  The company's award-winning medical device, the Joey Spray Guard™, is the new landmark instrument being used worldwide to more safely and efficiently cut the umbilical cords of newborns.  

(513) 791-1910
P.O. Box 43331
Cincinanti, OH 45243

After spending decades in intensive care and urgent care medicine, a Cincinnati-area doctor took an innovative, new medical route, opening a practice devoted to bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.

(513) 229-well (9355)
8837 Chapel Square Lane Suite A
Cincinnati, OH 45249

Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine was founded in 1996 by a team of doctors looking to provide top-notch, sports-related medical care. Today, the Sharonville-based company has offices also in Cincinnati and Batesville, Ind., and is planning a major expansion and renovation project for late 2009.

513-354-3700
500 E-Business Way
Sharonville, OH 45241

bioLOGIC Corp LLC is a Covington, Kentucky-based life sciences business accelerator.  Since its launch in 2007, the life sciences strategic consulting, management and commercialization firm has rapidly expanded its reach across the US, into Europe, Australia and Asia.

513-437-3000
128 East Second Street
Covington, KY 41011

Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products, Inc. (CSZ) is a leading manufacturer of medical and industrial temperature management products.  Alongside providing temperature management solutions for the medical and industrial sectors, CSZ has expanded its reach to environmental simulation test chambers and cold storage models, used to simulate extreme climatic conditions for a wide range of testing purposes.  Based in Sharonville, CSZ is thriving nationally and globally.

513-772-8810
12011 Mosteller Road
Cincinnati, OH 45241

Union Springs Pharmaceuticals, LLC is a Union, Kentucky-based pharmaceuticals company that was formed by the Drug Enhancement Company of America in 2007.  Union Springs specializes in niche over-the-counter products geared toward healthcare workers and first responders who may be exposed to dangerous pathogens.  With a new product on the market and a license to sell in Europe, Union Springs is showing strong signs of growth and innovation.

859-384-4029
9990 Old Union Road
Union, Kentucky 41091

The ViaCord Processing Laboratory is the Hebron, Northern Kentucky-based processing and storage facility for ViaCord, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based stem cell bank that focuses solely on blood taken from umbilical cords.  At ViaCord's Hebron location, blood is processed and stored for potential later use in a host of potentially life-saving medical procedures that call for the use of stem cells.

(859) 689-9140
2375 Progress Dr
Hebron, KY 41048

General Data is a Cincinnati-based data collection, organization and streamlining firm extraordinaire.  Founded in 1981, General Data started as a purveyor of line, matrix and printing equipment.  Building on its strength with all things bar code related, General Data has since established itself as a global leader in innovative labeling, RFID, automated data collection and mobility products and solutions – all of which ensure its clients' work moves along more accurately and smoothly.

800-733-5252 ext. 6473
4354 Ferguson Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45245-1667

Started in 2000, Cincinnati-based SparkPeople now claims 3.1 million unique visitors to its site, and says it is the one the most-visited health and medical sites, behind only WebMD, AOL Body and Weight Watchers.

513-241-6470
4392 Marburg Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209

AtriCure has developed less invasive and less technically challenging technologies for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, a heart ailment that afflicts more than 2 million in the U.S. alone. The use of its surgical devices in other surgeries led to record revenue and growth in 2007.

513-755-4100
6033 Schumacher Park Drive
West Chester, Ohio 45069

Candace Kendle started Kendle International as a small, private start-up in 1981.  Today, the firm employs about 3,000, is traded on the Nasdaq exchange, and does business in 90 countries.

513-381-5550
441 Vine St.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Life sciences company Meridian Bioscience has seen its sales and profits jump by more than 30 percent in the first quarter of 2007 and the Cincinnati-based firm says the growth has come from a demand for quicker, more accurate diagnostic tests worldwide. Meridian develops, manufactures and sells a range of diagnostic test kits to hosptials and doctors offices, among others.

513-271-3700
3471 River Hills Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45244