Oklahomas Bio Corridor

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Oklahomas Bio Corridor
Preparing Oklahomans to Succeed in the
Workplace, in Education, and in Life
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Oklahomas Bioscience Industry

• 44,000 people directly employed in Oklahomas
  bioscience industry
• 3.4 billion economic impact (including spin-off
  jobs of bioscience industry)
• Two major components
• Bioscience goods and service
• Bioscience research and education
• Approximately 82 biotechnology companies in
  Oklahoma

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Greater Oklahoma City Bioscience Economic Impact,
Center for Economic and Management Research,
August 2006
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Greater Oklahoma City Region

• Canadian
• Cleveland
• Grady
• Kingfisher
• Lincoln
• Logan
• McClain
• Oklahoma
• Payne
• Pottawatomie
• Carter (Ardmore)

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Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park

• 27 acres, seven buildings
• Provides biotech companies Class A wet laboratory
  and office space
• 49 companies at complex

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Bio Ready, Bio Strong

• Battelle Technology Partnership Practice
• Economic analysis identified current bioscience
  base, strengths and weaknesses, and strategies to
  grow emerging bioscience cluster.
• Bioscience sector is estimated to create nearly
  7,000 jobs in next 10 years.
• New bioscience firms have potential to generate a
  cumulative of 425 million over next 10 years
  with increased R D and supporting
  entrepreneurial infrastructure.
• High paying industry 2 billion in wages (2005).

The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
Strong, Battelle, 2005.
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Bio Industry Growth Challenges

• Research
• Small R D base
• Insufficient state support for universities
• Technology Development
• Insufficient commercialization and seed funding
• Limited resources for tech transfer
  commercialization at universities
• BioFirm Formation
• Lack of experienced bioscience entrepreneurs
• Lack of seed funding
• Lack of sufficient scale and intensity of
  networking
• Firm Expansion and Attraction
• Have not achieved critical mass of companies
• Lack of later-stage venture capital and focal
  point for development
• National and internal state image
• The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
  Strong, Battelle, 2005.

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Growth Strategy

• Invest in key platform areas
• Biomedical
• Autoimmune Disease and Immunology
• Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research
• Glycobiology and Glycomics
• Infectious Disease Microbiology
• Vision Research and Opthalmic Neuroscience
• Agricultural Science Technology
• Plant Genomics and Transgenics for Crop and
  Forage Improvement

The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
Strong, Battelle, 2005.
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Future platforms showing promise

• Aging and Geriatrics (including free-radical
  biology)
• Bioscience Applications of Advanced Sensor
  Technologies
• Cancer Suppression and Metastasis Control
• Obesity, Metabolic Disorders, and Food Science

The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
Strong, Battelle, 2005.
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Bioscience Road Map

• Strategy 1 Build the regions bioscience R
  D base and engage the rapid commercialization
  of bioscience discoveries.
• Strategy 2 Develop and attract bioscience talent
  to the region.
• Executive-in-Residence program and entrepreneur
  incentives
• Student awareness Internships, job fairs
• Attract bioscience talent with ties to region

The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
Strong, Battelle, 2005.
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Bioscience Road Map Continued

• Strategy 3 Grow a critical mass of bioscience
  companies by creating an environment in which
  such firms can start up, grow, and prosper.
• Strategy 4 Build a bioscience image and market
  in the region.

The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
Strong, Battelle, 2005.
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Biotechnology Careers

• Biotechnology has a wide variety of career
  opportunities ranging from sales and marketing,
  to research and development, to manufacturing and
  quality control and assurance.
• Sample occupations
• Laboratory technician Biologist
• Production scientist Quality control
  technician
• Cell Culture technician Bioinformatics
  technician
• Sequencing technician Quality assurance auditor
• Manufacturing operator Process development
  technician

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Occupational Outlook
http//www.oesc.state.ok.us/lmi/publications/WOOO2
005/Outlook2014.pdf
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Labor Force Considerations

• Most Oklahoma biotechnology companies are in
  research and development phase, and there is not
  a critical mass of two-year program
  technician-level workers needed at this time.
• Two-year program graduates are not widely
  recognized in current research community.
• Economic developers recognize the need to begin
  technician-level training programs.

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Biofuels

• High state interest
• Governor proposed 40 million Center for Biofuels
  Research
• 10 million this year
• Biofuels Webpage
• www.okcommerce.gov/biofuels

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Focus Areas

• Ethanol
• Corn, soybean
• Cellulosic feedstock switchgrass, cornstalks,
  paper pulp or wood chips
• Biodiesel
• Renewable fuel
• Plant or animal-based natural oils
• Hydrogen
• Coal gasification

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Biorefinery locations and proposed locations

• Guymon Biodiesel - proposed
• Blackwell Ethanol proposed
• Burns Flat - Ethanol
• Chelsa Biodiesel - closed for expansion
• Catoosa Biodiesel - proposed
• Wagner/Sallisaw Biodiesel - closed
• Durant- Earth biofuels (biodiesel) -Under
  construction
• Caddo Biodiesel operation
• Valliant Biodiesel Under construction
• Tulsa- Biodiesel- Under construction

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Growth Influences

• Dropping prices of diesel fuel
• Transportation issues
• Building and quality permits
• Waste disposal
• Water/energy needs

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Why Grow the Bioscience Industry?

• Oklahomas economy is expanding (producing more
  goods and services that generates revenue), but
  the growth is not translating into greater
  opportunity and economic well-being
• for all Oklahomans.

The State of Working Oklahoma The Uneven
Recovery Leaves Many Behind, Community Action
Project, January 2007.
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State of Working Oklahoma

• The underlying structure of Oklahomas economy is
  changing. Job opportunities have increased in
  lower wage service industries, while available
  jobs in higher-wage sectors have decreased.
• Between 2001 2005, the median wage in Oklahoma,
  adjusted for inflation, declined by nearly 1
  percent. (from 12.35 to 12.26).
• Median household income declined 4.5 percent,
  resulting in declining standard of living for
  most Oklahoma wage earners. (from 39,269 to
  37,645).
• Wages paid to Oklahoma workers have declined in
  purchasing power.
• More Oklahomans are suffering increased economic
  stress and hardship as they try to provide their
  families basic necessities (housing, utilities
  and health insurance) that outpace wages and
  income.

• The State of Working Oklahoma The Uneven
  Recovery Leaves Many Behind, Community Action
  Project, January 2007.

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Continuing Trend

• Oklahoma is changing from a goods-producing
  economy to a service-producing economy, and types
  of jobs available will reflect this change.
• Between 2004 2014, statewide occupational
  employment will grow by 192,600 jobs, or 11.9
  percent. The professional and related
  occupations and service occupations are expected
  to provide the largest number of jobs and most
  openings per year. (2 out of every 5 jobs.)
• During the current recovery, Oklahoma has lost
  over 25,000 manufacturing sector jobs (average
  wage 36,296), and has seen greatest job increase
  in service sector jobs (average wage 29,432).

The Oklahoma Employment Outlook 2014, Oklahoma
Employment Commission, December 2006. The State
of Working Oklahoma The Uneven Recovery Leaves
Many Behind, January 2007.
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Bio industry employees earn more than 15,000
above the average Oklahoma wage.
The Greater Oklahoma City Region Bio Ready, Bio
Strong, Battelle, 2005.
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Associate Degree Programs

• Oklahoma City Community College
• Average 10 13 graduates
• Tulsa Community College
• New program
• Hospital and research lab focus
• 7 declared degree majors
• Graduates expected in two years

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Degrees Conferred at Public Institutions 2005-06
http//www.okhighered.org/studies-reports/degrees-
conferred/2005-06/SectionII.pdf
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Resources

• http//www.okbio.org
• http//www.biotechinstitute.org
• http//www.bio.org
• http//www.bio-link.org
• www.okcommerce.gov/biofuels