Source: BioNano Insider

While Italy is often referred to as the "best kept secret" in the life sciences industry, Tuscany is perhaps the best kept secret of all.

Renowned for its exceptional beauty, art and history, Tuscany is far less known for its important role in Italy's emergence as a center for bio-nano innovation. Only now are people beginning to recognize the region's growing capabilities in fields such as immunology, endocrinology, biochemistry, oncology and neurosciences - to name just a few.

In recent years, Tuscany has become a breeding ground for homegrown biotech ventures as well as multinational firms including Novartis, Eil Lilly, Bayer and Boehringer. Most are focused on vaccines and diagnostics. Tuscany is centrally located between Milan and Rome, the Tuscan biotech field employs 2,900 people (12% of the national total); there are 23 companies in the region with a total of $1.6 billion in sales (12.5% of national total), putting Tuscany in the third place in Italy after Lombardy and Latium.

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