Pharmaceutical Industry in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s large and prominent pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry accounts for 13 percent of all U.S. output for the sector and 15.5 percent of all of Pennsylvania’s manufacturing activities.
Located in the heart of the bio-pharma corridor, Pennsylvania is home to eight of the world’s largest bio-pharmaceutical companies, as well as world-class academic/research institutions that garnered over $1.4 billion in National Institute of Health (NIH) funding in 2007 alone.
With over 33,000 bio-pharma companies in Pennsylvania employing 900,000 people we are ranked as the 1st in pharmaceutical manufacturing and employment in the US. Not only do we specialize in integrated bio-pharma manufacturing, Pennsylvania is also strong in biotech research and the development and production of medical equipment and devices.
Major pharmaceutical firms have joined Pennsylvania’s industry cluster including Bayer Healthcare, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Wyeth, Aventis, Pasteur, Respironics, and Medrad.
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