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Underpinned by the aging population and ever-increasing health equity and access concerns, this market focuses on the growth of digital health and need for increased speed-to-market of new medicines – resulting in increased contract manufacturing to respond to demand for enhanced health system readiness.
Jacobs’ deep subject matter expertise across diverse scientific, infrastructure, environmental and digital domains in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, health governance, health infrastructure, and operations advisory provides market differentiation and distinct competitive advantage.
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100 +
healthcare projects representing over $45B in construction costs
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100 +
life sciences projects, representing $50B+ in construction costs
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$ 1 B+
documented healthcare savings since 2005
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ISPE Facility of the Year Awards since 2010
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30 +
major academic medical centers
Solutions for a brighter tomorrow
Life Sciences
For more than 70 years, Jacobs has assembled the best teams on the planet to overcome challenges no one else can. With a laser-like focus on innovation, we partner with the world’s leading Life Sciences firms to advance transformative treatments and therapies. We design, build, qualify and commission leading-edge, manufacturing facilities that positively impact people’s lives and shape a better tomorrow.
Featured projects
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ShowcaseWuXi Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing Facility
WuXi Biologics’ state of the art biopharmaceutical plant in Dundalk, Ireland is one of the largest single-use bioreactors-based facilities in Europe. Notably, it is also WuXi Biologics’ first greenfield biopharmaceutical facility outside China.
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ShowcaseBristol Myers Squibb Large-Scale Cell Culture Manufacturing Facility
Bringing life-saving pharmaceutical treatments to the market for tomorrow
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ShowcaseJacobs celebrates completion of largest surgical tower in Tampa, FL
To treat complex surgical cases needing state-of-the-art care, AdventHealth chose Jacobs to complete construction and project management for a $256 million surgical center in Tampa, Florida. The largest surgical expansion in Tampa Bay history, the new Taneja Center for Surgery opened in October 2021 and is the last phase of a five-year program that included a horizontal expansion to the existing parking deck and a doubling in size of the existing central energy plant.
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ShowcaseBlacktown Mount Druitt Hospital
Jacobs delivered architectural work for the award-winning project to expand clinical, clinical support and non-clinical services at Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH) and the delivery of the COAG sub-acute beds program across the two campuses.
Meet our team
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John Noble
Vice President & General Manager, Life Sciences
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Dana Tilley
Vice President, Life Sciences, North America
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Dr. Nino Kharaishvili
Global Solutions Director, Health System Governance
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Anil Relan
Vice President, Life Sciences, India and Asia
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Matthew Holmes
Global Solutions Director, Health Infrastructure
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John Cronin
Vice President, Life Sciences, Europe
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Helga Salling
Vice President, Global Growth & Strategy, Life Sciences
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Bruce Rainey
Global Solutions Director, Health Operations Advisory
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Lene Bjerregaard
Director of Life Sciences Operations, Denmark
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NewsJacobs Publishes Final Report of Study on Lessons Learned from COVID-19
What can Global North countries like the U.S. and countries in Europe learn from positive outcomes in the Global South? And how can these lessons help the U.S. better prepare for future public health events? Jacobs’ report on more than 20 countries’ responses to COVID-19 and recommendations for public health officials is now available to the public.
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NewsJacobs Chosen by Spark Therapeutics to Build Gene Therapy Innovation Center
Jacobs was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract with Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (Spark) to build its Gene Therapy Innovation Center in the University City area of West Philadelphia. When complete, the multi-story facility will serve as a global center of excellence for gene therapy manufacturing and advance the science of gene therapy.
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NewsImproving Performance of Health Care Facilities: The Power of Data Analytics
For this Q&A, we connected with Director of Health Analytics Eric Shen to talk about his role helping clients and project managers to use data-driven methodologies to improve project planning and achieve long-term performance results.
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PageHospitals & Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand
At Jacobs, we understand the challenges our clients face in managing their healthcare environment today while planning for tomorrow. From entire hospital campus developments to primary care clinics to specialist science and research laboratories, our team takes an integrated, data-driven approach to design and construct state-of-the-art facilities that can flex and respond quickly to emerging challenges and needs.
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NewsLeading With Purpose: A Q&A with Director of Life Sciences Operations for Denmark, Lene Bjerregaard
Leveraging expertise built during her 25-year career, Director of Life Sciences Operations for Denmark, Lene Bjerregaard, is driving sustainable growth at our new Danish base.