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Life Sciences Employers

Greensboro has become a top destination for life sciences companies. Centrally located in a high technology corridor, Greensboro is only an hour from the Research Triangle Park to the east and 30 minutes from the Piedmont Triad Research Park to the west.



Greensboro and Guilford County companies produce products that range from vaccines to meet the needs of pet owners, farmers, and veterinarians to specialized parasitology treatments to the manufacture of well known over-the-counter drugs.



Headquarters and Major Operations in the Region

LabCorp

Clinical and anatomical lab services, including clinical trials testing
Employment: 3,230

Procter & Gamble

Over-the-counter drug manufacturing such as Prilosec OTC, NyQuil, DayQuil, Pepto-Bismol
Employment: 820

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Agricultural biotechnology
Employment: 700

Spectrum Laboratory Network

Full-service regional medical laboratory
Employment: 650

Environmental Air Systems, Inc.

Manufacturers of custom air handling units for pharmaceutical and biotech companies
Employment: 600

Banner Pharmacaps

Unique oral dosage forms for unmet consumer need; drug delivery
Employment: 550

Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.

Veterinary pharmaceuticals
Employment: 300

ConvaTec

Ostomy & wound care products
Employment: 289

Qualicaps, Inc.

Manufacturers of two-piece capsules and related capsule filling, sealing and inspection equipment. US Office.
Employment: 175


Multi Packaging Solutions

Pharmaceutical packaging
Employment: 120

Targacept, Inc.

Drug discoveries for multiple nervous system diseases and disorders.
Employment: 108

TransTech Pharma, Inc.

Discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule and protein therapeutics to fill unmet medical needs.
Employment: 100

GBF, Inc.

Medical kits for drug testing and paternity tests,
in vitro testing packaging
Employment: 60

Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Specialty pharmaceuticals
Employment: 60

Idexx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Innovative veterinary pharmaceutical products
Employment: 46

Tengion Inc.

New human tissue and organ generation derived from a patient’s own tissue
Employment: 45

Piedmont Pharmaceuticals LLC

Drug delivery especially in parasitology
Employment: 12