 With the help of Innovista and leaders from the University and the S.C. Department of Commerce, USC alums Bill and Lou Kennedy are expanding their Florida-based company, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, to the Midlands with a $313 million manufacturing plant in Lexington, South Carolina scheduled for completion in 2014.The USC Columbia Technology Incubator is home to many university startup companies.To date, the Incubator has graduated 31 companies from its program and created 754 jobs with an average salary of more than $63,000.