Business
Development Opportunities
Alabama's Black Belt
Bullock County is a prairie county in the Black Belt region. It has been classed an Enterprise Zone, HUB Zone.
Expanding Markets
within a One-Hour Drive of Union Springs
Auburn, Alabama
Eufaula, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Opelika, Alabama
Phenix City, Alabama
Troy, Alabama
Tuskegee, Alabama
Columbus, Georgia
Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Gunter AFB, Alabama
Ft. Benning, Georgia
Biotech
Home to seven research universities, a highly accomplished CRO, and 90 biotech companies, Alabama has produced six FDA approved cancer drugs, and is on the forefront with major initiatives for flu, vaccines, the NIH Roadmap, cancer and more.
- Alabama's research universities are:
- Auburn University (within 1 hour of Union Springs)
- University of Alabama
- Alabama A & M University
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Tuskegee University (within 1 hour of Union Springs)
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of South Alabama Southern Research is a leading private contract research organization with more than 600 scientists, technicians and support staff whose focus is on cancer, infectious and neuro/CNS diseases.
Southern Research discovered six FDA-approved drugs, with four more in clinical trials, and offers joint discovery programs through out-licensing of clinical candidates. Services include medicinal and combinatorial chemistry, libraries and high throughput screening; molecular, structural and cellular biology; lead optimization with animal models, ADME/PK, and toxicology - www.edpa.org/industries/biotech.html.