I've been working in Texas as a postdoctoral research scientist in biology for six years now, so I've gotten to know the local lay of the land pretty well as far as academic research goes. But commercial activity in biomedical research in terms of pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices? I didn't have much of a clue at all. A bit of Googling took me to http://www.texaswideopenforbusiness.com, a website put together by the Texas Economic Development Division within the Office of the Governor of Texas. They've put together reports detailing the status within Texas of a variety of industries, including Biotechnology and Life Sciences. The 2012 Texas Biotechnology Industry Report is particularly useful; it's probably the single best overview of the Texas biomed scene out there. Also useful is their directory of Texas-based biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Over the upcoming weeks, I hope to do some analysis of the information contained in these documents.
In a previous post I described the geographic distribution of pharmaceutical companies within Texas. I went back to the same directory of Texas-based pharmaceutical and medical device companies [see disclaimer below, *] and, this time, took a look at the geographic distribution of companies working in medical devices. The list [see technical note below, **] contains a total of 171 medical device companies - almost twice the number of pharmaceutical companies listed. Here is how they are geographically distributed: The number in each wedge = the number of medical device companies in that city. "Other" consists of Bryan/College Station (4 companies), Athens (3), Corpus Christi (2), El Paso (2), Amarillo (1), Beaumont/Port Arthur (1), Longview (1), Lubbock (1), Midland (1), Mineral Wells (1), and Waco (1). As with pharmaceutical companies...
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