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F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y
Top biomedical companies
Ranked by number of local employees
Company
Local
employees Products Head of company
Year
founded
1
Sanofi Genzyme
1
15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701
508-872-8400 • www.sanofigenzyme.com
2,000 Biotechnology
David Meeker
president & CEO
1981
2
Waters Corp.
34 Maple St., Milford 01757
508-482-2000 • www.waters.com
1,500 Analytical science technologies
Christopher J. O'Connell
president & CEO
1958
3
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
1,471 Medical devices
Michael F. Mahoney
president & CEO
1979
4
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
200 Forest St., Marlborough 01752
866-697-8378 • www.questdiagnostics.com
1,200
2
Diagnostic information services
Steve Rusckowski
president & CEO
1997
5
Integrated Genetics (LabCorp)
3400 Computer Drive, Westborough 01581
508-898-9001 • www.integratedgenetics.com
~1,000
3
Healthcare diagnostics
David P. King
president & CEO
1991
6
AbbVie Inc.
100 Research Drive, Worcester 01605
508-849-2500 • www.abbvie.com
900 Biopharmaceuticals
Richard A. Gonzalez
chairman & CEO
2013
7
Hologic Inc.
250 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752
508-263-2900 • www.hologic.com
854 Medical devices
Stephen P. MacMillan
president & CEO
1987
8
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc.
91 Carpenter Hill Road, Charlton 01507
800-421-0837 • www.karlstorz.com
700 Endoscopes, medical instruments and devices
Charles Wilhelm
president & COO
1989
8
Tegra Medical
9 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038
508-541-4200 • www.tegramedical.com
700
Precision machining and contract manufacturing
for medical device components
J. Mark King
president & CEO
2007
10
GE Healthcare Life Sciences
4
350 Campus Drive, Marlborough 01752
508-475-2000 • www.gelifesciences.com
680 Life sciences
Kieran Murphy
CEO
2004
11
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
38 Jackson Road, Devens 01434
978-784-6001 • www.bms.com
645 Diversified specialty biopharmaceuticals
Giovanni Caforio
CEO
1858
12
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
84 Waterford Drive, Marlborough 01752
508-481-6700 • www.sunovion.com
619 Pharmaceuticals
Nobuhiko Tamura
vice chairman & president
2010
13
PerkinElmer Inc.
68 Elm St., Hopkinton 01748
781-663-6900 • www.perkinelmer.com
300 Lab instruments, software and services
Robert Friel
chairman & CEO
1937
14
Nitto Denko Avecia Biotechnology Inc.
5
125 Fortune Blvd., Milford 01757
508-532-2500 • www.avecia.com
290
Manufacturing of oligonucleotide drugs with
services from pre-clinical through
commercialization
Hideo Takasaki
president & CEO, Nitto Denko Corp.
1993
6
14
SMC Ltd.
18 Independence Drive, Devens 01434
978-422-6800 • www.smcltd.com
290
Supplies to medical device and pharmaceutical
industries
Brian Payson
general manager & VP
1988
16
Olympus Surgical Technologies America
136 Turnpike Road, Southborough 01772
508-804-2600 • www.olympus-osta.com
250 Surgical and medical equipment
Joe Doherty
president
1908
17
Johnson Matthey Pharma Services
25 Patton Road, Devens 01434
978-784-5000 • jmfinechemicals.com
200
7
Active pharmaceutical ingredients from preclinical
through commercial production
John B. Fowler
fine chemicals division director
1972
18
LFB USA & rEVO Biologics
8
175 Crossing Blvd., Framingham 01702
508-620-9700 • www.lfb-usa.com
185 Biotechnology company
William Gavin
president
1993
19
Spectrum Plastics Group
9
764 South Athol Road, Athol 01331
978-249-5343 • www.pexco.com
160
Plastic profile and tubing extrusions for medical,
fence and custom markets
Neil Shillingford
CEO
1948
20
Harvard Bioscience Inc.
84 October Hill Road, Holliston 01746
508-893-8999 • www.harvardbioscience.com
150 Laboratory research equipment
Jeffrey A. Duchemin
president & CEO
1901
Number of job listings in
biopharma
Biopharma in
Massachusetts
Key biopharma
employment statistics
82%
Biopharma employers planning
to increase employment in the
next year.
11,600
Jobs the industry will have to
fill by May 2022.
55%
Employers reporting it's more
difficult to hire than it was
three years ago.
74%
Employers who say the
average time to fill a position
was more than 10 weeks.
66%
Companies providing paid
internships.
18,121
19,369
19,436
22,055
19,374
25,789
27,600
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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