Supplement: Greater Philadelphia's Big Pharmas

Greater Philadelphia's Big Pharmas By Mike May A wide range of large pharmaceutical companies make up a strong foundation for life science in the region. RELATED ARTICLES A Region Defined Did You Know? A Rich Life Science Cluster A Robust Support Infrastructure Barbara Schilberg: Champion for the region Bridging the Gap Brenda Gavin: Making a venture capitalist Investment Momentum Building Update Those Resumes Creating Roots Ramping Up Tech Tr

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A Region Defined

Did You Know?

A Rich Life Science Cluster

A Robust Support Infrastructure

Barbara Schilberg: Champion for the region

Bridging the Gap

Brenda Gavin: Making a venture capitalist

Investment Momentum Building

Update Those Resumes

Creating Roots

Ramping Up Tech Transfer

The pharmaceutical industry in the Greater Philadelphia region is in a league of its own, with a lineage that dates back to the early 19th century. GlaxoSmithKline can trace its Philadelphia roots to 1830, Wyeth to the 1860s, Johnson & Johnson to 1886, and Merck to 1891. Throughout its history, the pharma industry has served as a powerful driver of economic growth for the Greater Philadelphia region, and it continues to do so today.

In 2004, Harris InfoSource selected the Greater Philadelphia region's Top-20 life sciences companies, based on their number of employees, and a dozen of them were pharmaceutical companies. Many were Big Pharmas including Merck, ...

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