Stockholm-Uppsala life science cluster in brief

Stockholm-Uppsala evolves around the research at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. Typical areas of research are protein research, neuroscience and cancer.

By Totta Kasemo

November 24, 2009 12:00 AM

Here are the numbers for Sweden’s biggest cluster in life science:

Employees in different fields:

Drug Development & Production: 11,801

Medical Technology: 3,023

Biotech Tools and Supplies: 1,659

Diagnostics: 937

Other Segments: 1,429

Total: 18,849

Companies with over 1000 employees: Advertisement

Astrazeneca

Pfizer Health

GE Healthcare Biosciences

Recip Stockholm

Companies with 500–999 employees:

Fresenius Kabi

St. Jude Medical

Biovitrum

Advanced Medical Optics Uppsala

Companies with 100–499 employees:

Phadia

Octapharma

Cederroth International

Q-Med

Maquet Critical Care

Apoteket

Quintiles

St. Jude / Radi Medical Systems

Kemwell

Crucell/SBL Vaccines

DSM Anti-Infectives Sweden

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