Each and every one of us plays an important role in helping Americans gain and maintain access to life saving medicines, in order to fight chronic disease and to live longer, healthier lives.
Currently, WWFH Pennsylvania is a network of 50+ life science companies, business and labor groups, and patient/community organizations that seek to educate our elected leaders, the news media and our communities about the important economic and social contributions of the life sciences industry.
We stand together on critical public policy issues that allow the life sciences sector and the surrounding community to thrive, so that together we can:
- Foster an environment for increased economic development and service as a positive economic driver for Pennsylvania
- Lead in the research and development of new cures which make a difference in the quality of life for Pennsylvanians and millions of Americans
- Invest effectively in our communities, our patients our employees, our businesses and community partners
The biopharmaceutical sector is the foundation of one of Pennsylvania’s most dynamic innovation and business ecosystems. Not only does the industry invest heavily in the research and development of new treatments and cures, it also generates high quality jobs, powers economic output and exports for the U.S. economy and sustains a very large-scale supply chain.
Supporting High Quality Jobs in Pennsylvania
The innovative biopharmaceutical sector directly supported 46,830 jobs in Pennsylvania in 2017. These jobs are often high-skill, high-wage professions.
The industry also supported another 207,046 jobs indirectly, for a total of about 253,876 jobs across the Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania workers whose jobs were supported by the biopharmaceutical sector paid a total of $4.2 billion in personal taxes in 2017—$3.7 billion in federal taxes and $481.7 million in state taxes.
Pennysylvania's Economic Impact
In 2017, the biopharmaceutical sector supported $67.3 billion in economic output for the state of Pennsylvania—including $30.2 billion generated directly by the sector, and another $37.1 billion through its vendors and suppliers and through the economic activity of its workforce.
Direct Output per Direct Employee in 2017
vendor relationships
vendor spending
$7,008,317,948
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Business/Economic Development Partners
Bio Advance
Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry
Chester County Economic Development Council
Delaware County Chamber of Commerce
Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Congress
Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA
Life Sciences Pennsylvania
PACT
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Select Greater Philadelphia
University City Science Center
University of Pennsylvania Medicine
Health Advocacy Partners
Action Wellness
AIDS Fund Philly
ALS Association Greater Philly Chapter
Alzheimer's Association of Delaware Valley Chapter
Alzheimer's Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter
American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of PA
American Liver Foundation
American Lung Association (Pittsburgh, Ohio, West Virginia)
American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic
Arthritis Foundation - Central and Western PA
Arthritis Foundation - Eastern PA
Cardiovascular Institute of Philadelphia
Community Liver Alliance
CureSMA
Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Epilepsy Association of Western/Central Pennsylvania
Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania
Global Genes
Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania
Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA
Life Sciences Pennsylvania
Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania
National Hemophilia Foundation Eastern PA Chapter
National Hemophilia Foundation Western PA Chapter
National Kidney Foundation
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition- Delaware Valley Chapter
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition- Pittsburgh Chapter
Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition
Pennsylvania Prostate Cancer Coalition
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Pennsylvania Society of Gastroenterology
Practicing Physicians of America
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Chapter
Sisters R Us Circle of Survivors
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
University City Science Center
University of Pennsylvania Medicine
Uplifting Athletes
Young People in Recovery
Labor Partners
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Plumbers Union 690
Sheet Metal Workers Local 19
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Watch and learn why some of our PA partners attend the annual We Work For Health Summit
Watch and learn why some of our PA partners attend the annual We Work For Health Summit
The 2014 We Work For Health PA Summit gathered business leaders at GSK's Navy Yard facility to discuss the economic impact of the biopharmaceutical industry.
The 2014 We Work For Health PA Summit gathered business leaders at GSK's Navy Yard facility to discuss the economic impact of the biopharmaceutical industry.
