The Research Triangle Region's thriving advanced medical care cluster comprises a wide range of companies and support organizations that provide medical care and develop technologies to enhance its delivery.

The cluster includes:

• World-class health care institutions that lead innovation in health care delivery.
• Universities and private labs that conduct R&D in key fields that support advanced medical care, including therapeutics development, genomics/proteomics, gene therapy, medical devices, medical diagnostics, sensors, informatics, information technology and communications.
• Infrastructure and supply-chains across the pharmaceutical, healthcare services, biotechnology, IT hardware and imaging industries.

Companies

• Affinergy
• AlphaVax
• Aurora Funds
• BD Technologies
• BioInnovation Partners LLC
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
• Cardinal Health
• Closure Medical
• Duke University Medical Center
• Durham Regional Hospital
• Horizon Healthware
• GILERO
• Mercury MD
• Misys Healthcare Systems
• North Carolina Medical Device Organization
• Oriel Therapeutics
• Qualyst
• Quill Medical
• Palaistra Systems
• Rex Healthcare
• Sicel Technologies
• Southeast TechInventures
• Teleflex Medical
• UNC Hospitals
• Wake Med

University and Research Resources

• Duke University Health System
• Duke University Institute of Genomics and Policy
• Duke University School of Medicine
• NC Agricultural Research Service
• NC State Center for Computational Biology
• NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• NC State Department of Computer Science
• UNC-Chapel Hill Macromolecular Interactions Facility
• UNC-Chapel Hill Proteomics Core Facility
• UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering