Oregon Market Entry Team Promotes Life Sciences
Oregon Is Open for Business: Introducing the Team Making It Official
Introducing the Oregon Market Entry team: a coordinated economic development effort within Oregon Life Sciences focused on growing the state's life sciences industry through recruitment, expansion, and strategic market engagement.
Oregon has long had the assets. What it needed was a coordinated voice to bring them to the world's attention. That's exactly what the newly formed Oregon Market Entry (OME) team, a committee of Oregon Life Sciences, is here to do. Life sciences companies make consequential decisions about where to grow. The choice of a new facility, a manufacturing expansion, or an R&D hub aren't made casually. They're the result of careful evaluation. Is the talent there? The infrastructure? The institutional partnerships? The policy environment? The Oregon Market Entry team exists to make sure decision-makers get the answers they need.
What Is the Oregon Market Entry Team?
The Oregon Market Entry (OME) team is a committee of Oregon Life Sciences partners dedicated to supporting the state's life sciences industry through proactive business recruitment and expansion support. The committee's mission is concrete: facilitate the kind of business development activity that creates jobs, attracts capital investment, and strengthens Oregon's position as a top-tier life sciences market.
The OME team brings together economic development leaders who specialize in identifying company prospects, understanding site selection dynamics, and making the case for Oregon at the regional, national, and international level. Together, the team brings deep relationships across Oregon's economic development ecosystem and a shared commitment to making Oregon's value proposition undeniable for companies evaluating their next move.
What Oregon Offers: The Proposition
The OME team has anchored its outreach and recruitment work around a clear, evidence-based statement of what Oregon brings to the table for life sciences companies.
Oregon offers an exceptional mix of high-quality infrastructure and affordable, reliable utilities - including low-cost power, natural gas, and abundant high-purity water - making it an ideal setting for laboratory and manufacturing operations.
- Oregon's strategic West Coast location gives companies easy access to Pacific Rim markets and a central position within the broader high-tech corridor of the Pacific Northwest.
- Oregon brings a commitment to sustainability, with resource-conscious practices that align with the values of forward-thinking companies.
- Oregon's robust innovation ecosystem, anchored by world-class research institutions including OHSU, OSU, and the University of Oregon, produces a steady pipeline of highly skilled talent in biosciences, engineering, and data science, while proximity to advanced technology sectors like semiconductors and electronics creates unique interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities that accelerate innovation and commercialization.
- Oregon strengthens its competitive edge further with economic incentives and tax abatement programs that support business growth, workforce training, and facility investment, making it a smart, strategic choice for companies aiming to lead the next wave of life sciences breakthroughs.
This ecosystem is one that has been quietly producing results for decades and is now ready to compete loudly for the next generation of life sciences growth.
Oregon Market Entry Team at BIO 2026
BIO is the world's largest life sciences conference and partnering event. The Oregon Pavilion at BIO 2026 will bring together a coordinated team of economic development, industry, and regional partners with one purpose: helping life sciences companies understand what makes Oregon a compelling place to build, grow, and invest.
The OME team's first major national stage will be front and center at the Oregon Pavilion, facilitating conversations with companies evaluating expansion opportunities, seeking supply chain solutions, or simply curious about what Oregon has built.
Call to Action: Who Should Oregon Be Talking To?
The most effective market development work is driven by community and industry knowledge, and nobody knows the gaps and opportunities in Oregon's life sciences ecosystem better than those in it.
The Oregon Market Entry team is asking members, partners, and industry colleagues to share their perspective on who should be approached at the Convention. Specifically:
- Companies whose capabilities, products, or technologies would fill a critical gap in Oregon's life sciences supply chain
- Technologies shaping the next wave of life sciences development and that Oregon should be positioned to attract or partner with
- Organizations or individuals whose presence at BIO 2026 makes them worth a conversation in San Diego
- Emerging trends the OME team should be tracking as it defines Oregon's competitive positioning for years to come
Your input directly shapes who we approach, what we emphasize, and how we represent Oregon's opportunity at the world's premier life sciences event. Please take a few moments to submit your recommendations (by April 17)