Biotechnology industry in Boston

Greater Boston, primarily Boston and Cambridge, is home to more than 1,000 biotechnology companies, ranging from small start-ups to billion-dollar pharmaceutical companies. The many universities in the area give the region a large network of scientists.

The Kendall Square area of Cambridge holds a large concentration of the life science industry, numbering over 120 companies within a mile, and has been described as the "center of the nation’s biotechnology industry". The Longwood area of Boston, about two miles from Kendall Square, is also home to many biomedical research companies.