28 Central MA Life Sciences Report
B Y I S A B E L T E H A N
S
ince 2004, Google searches
for "life sciences" from people
in Massachusetts have been
nearly twice as frequent as in
any other state in the country,
according to Google Trends. The inno-
vation hub in Boston and Cambridge
certainly accounts for more than its fair
share of interest in life science in the
state and across the country, but increas-
ingly, growing biotech, bioengineering,
and pharmaceutical companies based
outside of the I-495 corridor are chang-
ing the landscape in the state by attract-
ing talent and putting Greater Worcester
on the map.
Central Massachusetts is home to a
half dozen life sciences firms with more
than 1,000 employees in the region,
and another dozen global biomedical
companies tout significant Central Mass.
Large for-profit life sciences companies have
called Central Mass. their home for decades.
Now, they play an important role in bringing
talent, investment, and research to the region.
Major
operations
P H O T O / C H R I S T I N E P E T E R S O N
William Blaine Stine (left), senior
director of biotherapeutics and
discovery research at Abbvie, uses
tech to expedite antibody testing.
