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wbjournal.com | August 7, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 15 B I O T E C H N O L O G Y F O C U S BRINGING HEALTHCARE TO LIFE www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 16-122 WBJ Book of Lists banner ad.indd 1 5/25/2016 4:31:40 PM 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 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 Source: Each company via survey. Note: List includes companies in the biotech, medical device, medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries. Hudson, Wisc.-based Phillips-Medisize acquired Clinton's Injectronics Corp. in June 2016; unable to confirm information about the Clinton facility by press time. Wayland's Candela Corp., a subsidiary of Syneron Inc., was acquired by Apax Partners in April 2017; the company has not responded to the survey since 2015. Biocytogen LLC of Worcester declined to participate in the survey. Unable to confirm information for Acton's Psychemedics Corp., Accelovance of Hudson or Westborough's Pall Life Sciences/Danaher Corp. by press time. 1 Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi. 2 Employee counts include Worcester's Athena Diagnostics, specialty division of Quest Diagnostics. 3 Local employee figure falls within a range of 1,000-4,999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 4 Three facilities, including office and lab space, in Marlborough; one location in Westborough 5 An additional location in Marlborough 6 Founding year for Avecia Biotechnology - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com 4 Top biomedical companies Ranked by number of local employees Source: Each company via survey. Note: List includes companies in the biotech, medical device, medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries. Hudson, Wisc.-based Phillips-Medisize acquired Clinton's Injectronics Corp. in June 2016; unable to confirm information about the Clinton facility by press time. Wayland's Candela Corp., a subsidiary of Syneron Inc., was acquired by Apax Partners in April 2017; the company has not responded to the survey since 2015. Biocytogen LLC of Worcester declined to participate in the survey. Unable to confirm information for Acton's Psychemedics Corp., Accelovance of Hudson or Westborough's Pall Life Sciences/Danaher Corp. by press time. 1 Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi. 2 Employee counts include Worcester's Athena Diagnostics, specialty division of Quest Diagnostics. 3 Local employee figure falls within a range of 1,000-4,999, according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. 4 Three facilities, including office and lab space, in Marlborough; one location in Westborough 5 An additional location in Marlborough 6 Founding year for Avecia Biotechnology - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com