Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BIVI) recently opened a new research and development facility at Iowa State University Research Park in Ames, Iowa and ZimmComm’s own Jamie Johansen had the opportunity to tour the facility prior to the official kick off of the 2016 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. The Health Management Center (HMC) is also located on the same campus and was founded to enable deeper investigation into debilitating swine diseases such as Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and Porcine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2).
The new 52,000 square foot R&D facility has 75 scientists on staff with the ability to grow to 100. There are researchers from around the world including Kenya, India, Germany and the Philippines. The scientists are 60 percent female and 40 percent male. Eichmeyer said the philosophy of the building encompasses openness and light and scientists from senior to junior and across disciplines all work together in the open lab fostering collaboration.
2016 BIVI HMC Media Tour Photo Album.
Get a Glimpse of BIVI’s New R&D Facility –
Interview with Dr. Marc Eichmeyer, BIVI
BIVI’s Wayne Chittick Previews Diagnostic Revolution–
Interview with Wayne Chittick, BIVI
#BIVIswine Takes Research to the Field –
Interview with Roy Edler, BIVI
Creating Solutions – R&D in the Field with #BIVIswine –
Interview with Dr. John Waddell, BIVI