Bay Area Houston’s central location to the Texas Medical Center, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), the University of Houston and Rice University naturally attracts research spin-off firms and research support companies leveraging human talent. The area’s business environment and quality of life have attracted a number of biomedical companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Innovex, Pharmacyclics, Inc., and Advanced Cell Technology, each staffed by the area’s technical labor force.

Bay Area Houston Biotech employers include:

Abbott Laboratories
Advanced Bionics
Advanced Cell Technology
Agrivida
Amgen
Applera Corporation
Applied Biosystems Group
ArQule
Asterand, Inc.
BD Technologies
Biogen
BioSense Genomics
BioVeris Corporation
Cambrex
DCI Biologicals Inc.
Delta and Pine Land
Digital Biometrics
Edwards Lifesciences
EG&G
Forest Laboratories
Genecor
Genentech
Genzyme Corporation
Gilead
Globelmmune, Inc.
ImClone Systems
ImmunoGen, Inc.
Incyte
Innovex
Introgen Therapeutics, Inc.
Invitrogen
KS Avicenna
Lonza
Louis Dreyfus
Medtronic, Inc.
MPI Research
NBTY, Inc.
Orlane
Pharmacyclics, Inc.
PPD
RenaMed Biologics
Roslin Institute
Sanofi-Aventis
Serono International S.A.
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
Third Wave Technologies, Inc.
Valent BioSciences
Ventaira BioSciences
Vical
ZLB Behring
ZymoGenetics, Inc.