Health & Life Sciences

Trinity Partners has sold 4700 Forest Drive in Columbia’s Forest Acres district. The 22,000-square-foot building is slated for renovations. (Rendering/Studio 2LR)
Aug 14, 2026

Trinity Partners completes sale of Forest Acres medical building

Trinity Partners has sold 4700 Forest Drive in Columbia’s Forest Acres district, where the 22,000-square-foot office building will be renovated.

Construction continues on the Prisma Health Performance Center at 1529 S. Highway 14 in Greer. The facility is expected to open in early 2027. (Photo/City of Greer)
Aug 10, 2026

Greer, Prisma Health enter $3M naming rights agreement

Greer and Prisma Health have signed a $3 million naming rights deal for a new 200,000-square-foot sports and events center opening in 2027.

Leaders, care team members and community officials celebrated the ribbon cutting for the expanded emergency department at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown, marking Phase 2 of a $30 million renovation project. Pictured (l-r) are Dr. David J. Cole, president, MUSC; Martha Scott Smith, chairwoman, MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Board of Trustees; trustee Dr. James Lemon; Dr. Mac Leppard, chief medical development officer, Midlands Division; Dr. Bill Phillips, chief medical officer, Columbia Medical Center Downtown and Northeast; Dr, Cale Davis, chief of emergency medicine, Midlands Division; and Matt Littlejohn, CEO, MUSC Health Midlands Division. (Photo/MUSC Health)
Aug 6, 2026

MUSC Health expands Columbia emergency department

MUSC Health has completed Phase 2 of a $30 million emergency department expansion in Columbia, doubling capacity to improve emergency care.

Octapharma's planned $1.5 billion manufacturing campus in Rock Hill is expected to create more than 1,500 jobs and become the company's first U.S. production facility. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 29, 2026

Octapharma to invest $1.5B in York County facility

Octapharma will invest $1.5 billion in its first U.S. manufacturing facility in York County, creating more than 1,500 jobs in South Carolina.

Novant Health has opened its first Charleston-area freestanding emergency department on Clements Ferry, expanding 24/7 emergency care for the region's growing population. (Photo/Novant Health)
Jul 29, 2026

Novant Health opens its first freestanding ED in Clements Ferry

Novant Health has opened its first Charleston-area freestanding emergency department on Clements Ferry, expanding 24/7 emergency care access.

Prisma Health and Erlanger Health System have signed a non-binding letter of intent to pursue a strategic partnership supported by $2 billion in planned capital investments. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 23, 2026

Tennessee health system takes step to join Prisma Health

Prisma Health plans a strategic partnership with Erlanger Health System, backed by $2 billion in investments to expand care and services.

ElectroWire Medical has received FDA clearance for its LightningWire Transseptal Puncture System, clearing the way for commercialization from its Lexington County manufacturing facility. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 21, 2026

ElectroWire earns FDA clearance for heart device

Lexington County-based ElectroWire Medical received FDA clearance for its LightningWire heart device, paving the way for commercialization.

A future regional YMCA is planned for SayeBrook in Myrtle Beach through a partnership between The Jackson Companies and the YMCA of Coastal Carolina. (Photo/YMCA of the USA)
Jul 9, 2026

YMCA to open regional facility at SayeBrook

The Jackson Companies and YMCA of Coastal Carolina plan a regional YMCA at SayeBrook in Myrtle Beach, expanding wellness and youth programs.

Trey Oakley has been named CEO of the YMCA of Greater Spartanburg and will begin lead-ing the organization in early August following a national search. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 6, 2026

YMCA of Greater Spartanburg names new CEO

The YMCA of Greater Spartanburg has named Trey Oakley as its new CEO, bringing more than 15 years of YMCA leadership experience to the role.

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health and the SC Roadmap have released a new toolkit aimed at strengthening the state's food system, supporting farmers and improving public health. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 2, 2026

South Carolina releases food system policy toolkit

South Carolina leaders released a food system policy toolkit to strengthen agribusiness, support farmers, improve food access and boost public health.

Rendering of Prisma Health's planned $180 million Fountain Inn Medical Park, a 50-acre health care campus that will expand specialty and outpatient services in southern Greenville County. (Rendering/Prisma Health)
Jul 2, 2026

Prisma Health breaks ground on $180M medical park

Prisma Health has broken ground on a $180 million Fountain Inn medical park that will expand specialty care in southern Greenville County.

Dr. David Cole will retire as president of the Medical University of South Carolina in June 2027 after more than a decade leading the academic medical center. (Photo/MUSC)
Jun 30, 2026

MUSC President David Cole to retire in 2027 

MUSC President Dr. David Cole will retire in June 2027 after 13 years leading the Medical University of South Carolina and overseeing major growth.