Top Market
Massachusetts ranks #1 in per capita life science patents.
[Price Waterhouse Coopers – Super Clusters 2008]

Biotech Behemoth
There are more than 400 biotechnology companies located in Massachusetts.
[Massachusetts Biotechnology Council 2007]

Billion-Dollar Bonanza
Massachusetts biotech companies enjoy a $1 billion life science initiative announced by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007 that provides support to the MA biotechnology industry.
[Massachusetts Biotechnology Council 2007]

Massachusetts on the Map
1,827 drugs are being developed in Massachusetts - over 7% of the global pipeline.
[National Institutes of Health, 2006; Massachusetts Biotechnology Council 2007; BioPharm Insight, 2007]

Fast Growing Pharma
The 3 fastest growing public companies in the Boston area are pharmaceuticals.
1. Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2. DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
3. Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
[2007 BBJ Book of Lists]

Home of the Top 5
Massachusetts is home to the top 5 National Institute of Health (NIH) funded hospitals:
1. Massachusetts General Hospital
2. Brigham and Women's Hospital
3. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
5. Children's Hospital Boston
[National Institutes of Health 2006]

Top Market
In 2006, Massachusetts was ranked #2 in total NIH funding and was ranked #1 in per capita NIH funding.
[Price Waterhouse Coopers – Super Clusters 2008]

Education, Innovation
Massachusetts ranks #1 in Life Sciences PHDs granted per capita.
[Price Waterhouse Coopers – Super Clusters 2008]