Connecticut has been a leader in the area of biopharmaceutical and medical research for decades. The unique combination of its universities, hospitals and lab facilities has provided an environment where new discoveries in biotech and bioscience can thrive. Building upon its existing foundation, Connecticut is looking towards new horizons as it expands its efforts through new investments in the future of the bioscience industry.
Supporting High Quality Jobs in Connecticut
The innovative biopharmaceutical sector directly supported 11,313 jobs in Connecticut in 2015. These jobs are often high-skill, high-wage professions.
The industry also supported another 444,891 jobs indirectly, for a total of about 56,204 jobs across the Connecticut economy. These additional jobs are with vendors and suppliers such as construction companies and I.T. companies, and jobs generated by the sector’s employees such as day care centers and restaurants.
Connecticut workers whose jobs were supported by the biopharmaceutical sector paid a total of $1.2 billion in personal taxes in 2015—$1.1 billion in federal taxes and $169.4 million in state taxes.
Connecticut's Economic Impact
In 2015, the biopharmaceutical sector supported $17.5 billion in economic output for the state of Connecticut—including $8.2 billion generated directly by the sector, and another $9.3 billion through its vendors and suppliers and through the economic activity of its workforce.
Direct Output per Direct Employee in 2015
vendor relationships
vendor spending
$630,430,790
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Business/Economic Development Partners
Central Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut
Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council
Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA)
Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS)
Connecticut Energy Marketers Association (CEMA)
Connecticut In-Plant Operators
Connecticut Retail Merchants Association
Connecticut Road Builders Association
Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE)
Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
MetroHartford Alliance
Motor Transport Association of Connecticut, Inc.
New England BIO
Spanish American Merchants Association
Town of Farmington, Department of Economic Development
Utility Contractors Association of CT
Biopharmaceutical Partners
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Pfizer
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Health/Advocacy Groups
AIDS CT
Alliance for Living
American Cancer Society – CT Chapter
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists – CT Chapter
Arthritis Foundation, New England Chapter
Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention
Epilepsy Foundation Connecticut Chapter
March of Dimes Connecticut Chapter
Physicians for Women’s Health
Women’s Health Connecticut
Labor Partners
Associated General Contractors of Connecticut (AGC-CT)
Carpenters Union Local #210
Connecticut Iron Workers Local #15
Connecticut Plumbers & Pipefitter Local #777
International Union of Operating Engineers Local #478
Sheet Metal Workers Local #40
Academic Partners
Southern Connecticut State University
Growing Great Schools
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A few WWFH-CT partners attended the 2017 We Work For Health Summit. Hear from some of them in our recap video!
A few WWFH-CT partners attended the 2017 We Work For Health Summit. Hear from some of them in our recap video!
PILMA along with Sheet Metal Workers Local 40 (SMART Local 40) and We Work for Health Connecticut hosted Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty to discuss the role of the building trades in supporting the pharmaceutical industry growth in Connecticut and to demonstrate a new HVAC...
PILMA along with Sheet Metal Workers Local 40 (SMART Local 40) and We Work for Health Connecticut hosted Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty to discuss the role of the building trades in supporting the pharmaceutical industry growth in Connecticut and to demonstrate a new HVAC Safety Initiative “HVAC Fire Life Safety Program” developed by the Sheet Metal Workers, which is one of few systems of its kind in the country.
