NEOM is an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a New Future might look like. It is a region in northwest Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea being built from the ground up – a place where entrepreneurship will chart the course for this New Future.
In Zone 6, NEOM is spotlighted as a global hub for biotech and life sciences, whose mission is to address major human and planetary health challenges by establishing a cutting-edge biotech innovation ecosystem based upon world-class infrastructure and regulatory standards – and global partnerships.
NEOM is committed to creating a world-class biotech ecosystem that will spearhead developments in human and planetary health, along with scaling new industrial biotechnologies. It is home to great ideas, where innovative projects are translated into technologies that solve global needs, and is a key stakeholder in Saudi Arabia’s National Biotech Strategy.
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Tackling major unmet health needs: NEOM will tackle global healthcare challenges including antimicrobial resistance, treatments for heart and metabolic diseases and more.
Aiming to protect the Earth: NEOM will foster a collaborative innovation ecosystem for a more sustainable, resilient world. NEOM's desert is ideal for developing genetically improved plants, advancing synthetic biology for humanity. NEOM’s abundant renewable energy supports biofuel development using cell engineering.
Creating enabling technologies: Combining industrial innovation with medtech to deliver biotechnologies efficiently, affordably, and at scale.
Investments: NEOM Investment Fund will back transformative ventures in medical, agricultural and industrial biotech. It aims to create a thriving NEOM biotech ecosystem through investment and a global innovator network.
Infrastructure: NEOM will build world-class infrastructure to attract and empower the world's best researchers and innovators – enabling them to create a comprehensive innovation ecosystem.
Industrial manufacturing: NEOM is building a network of global partners to build local research and development and manufacturing capabilities.
Attracting global talent: NEOM will collaborate with innovators tackling local challenges to grow a robust biotech ecosystem. It will create a global platform uniting academia, industry, and government to attract top innovators and drive advancement.
Zone 6 offers BIO 2025 participants a preview of how NEOM is positioning itself as a new global hub for biotech innovation, powered by purpose-built infrastructure, world-class talent, and a mission to reimagine life itself.
Whether you are a scientist, investor, biotech executive, or policy leader, NEOM invites you to explore what’s possible when life sciences are embedded into the very blueprint of a new civilization.
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Discover a high-demand market powered by regulatory reform, national R&D strength, and strategic investment. Explore how infrastructure and data platforms are unlocking new opportunities across the biotech value chain.
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Accelerate trials, scale manufacturing, and unlock new markets. With speed to approval, real-world evidence, and built-in localization support, Saudi Arabia is where biotech goes further, faster.