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Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technology
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing provided nearly 290,000 wage and salary jobs in 2008, most of them at companies that employed more than 100 people.
For 17 of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, New Jersey is the perfect prescription for growth. Often called “the medicine chest of the world,” New Jersey leads the nation in both pharmaceuticals and biotechs, creating a $29.3 billion economic impact and attracting the industries’ top professionals. Household names with major operations in the state include Bayer HealthCare, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis and Merck.