MASSACHUSETTS HAS OVER 500
biotech and
companies, 18 million square feet of commercial
ry space and more than 50,000 workers in the field.
an 27,000 of those workers are in biotechnology
velopment, the highest number of employees so
state. Massachusetts is at the center of the region
t biologics manufacturing capacity in the world, with
f cell culture manufacturing capacity. Massachusetts-
rug development companies have 900 investigational
elopment pipeline and 140 medicines have been
achusetts that now serve a patient population of 160
.
S. alone. Life Sciences products account for 28 percent
etts exports, some $7.5 billion in value.
going forward is also our great opportunity. For the
iopharma industry to compete globally, it must lead. As
companies, Massachusetts doesn’t always win based
new opportunities because it has incredibly talented
ad and deep ecosystem that supports moving cutting
ward. Quite simply, we are leading the next revolution
a industry.
September 2012
sciences revolution
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