Major Employers of Chemists in the Northeastern Section by Don Rickter with valuable assistance from Karen Piper, Mike Filosa, Lee Johnson, Dorothy Phillips and others Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire are a hotbed of dynamic chemistry companies. Some are start-ups that will grow dramatically. There are dozens of companies in both states. Some will merge or be acquired or change their names. Each has a unique personality and spectrum of expertise. The following list is most of the employers of seven or more members of the American Chemical Society — as of the end of May 2010. A few of the larger employers, with more than 35 ACS chemists, are in ALL CAPS. The locations are in eastern Massachusetts — unless marked with NH for New Hampshire. Aerodyne Research BIOGEN IDEC Cubist Pharmaceuticals Billerica CAMBRIDGE Lexington www.aerodyne.com/ www.biogenidec.com/ www.cubist.com Alkermes Inc. Boston Scientific Corp. Dow Electronic Materials Waltham Natick Marlborough www.alkermes.com/ www.bostonscientific.com/ www.dow.com/ & home.bsci www.rohmhaas.com/ Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Broad Institute [rhymes DSM-Neoresins Cambridge with road] Cambridge Wilmington www.alnylam.com/ www.broadinstitute.org/ www.dsm.com/en_US/htm l/dnr/home. htm AMGEN INC. Bruker Corp. CAMBRIDGE Billerica www.bruker.com E-Ink Corp. www.amgen.com/ Cambridge www.e- Cabot Corp. ink.com Ariad Pharmaceuticals Billerica www.cabot- Cambridge corp.com EISAI RESEARCH www.ariad.com/ INSTITUTE Cambridge Isotope Labs ANDOVER Arqule Inc. Andover www.easai.com Woburn www.arqule.com/ www.isotope.com/ EMD Serono ASTRA ZENECA Concert Pharmaceuticals Rockland WALTHAM Lexington www.emdserono.com www.astrazeneca.com/ www.concertpharma.com Enanta Pharmaceuticals Microbia (Also see Physical Sciences Inc. Watertown Ironwood) Cambridge Andover www.enanta.com www.microbia.com/ www.psicorp.com GENZYME MILLENNIUM Rohm and Haas CAMBRIDGE PHARMA Electronic www.genzyme.com CAMBRIDGE Materials (part of Dow) www.mpi.com Marlborough GlaxoSmithKline www.rohmhaas.com Waltham www.gsk.com MILLIPORE BEDFORD Schering-Plough (Merck) Immunogen Inc. www.millipore.com Cambridge www.schering- Waltham plough.com www.immunogen.com Momenta Pharma Cambridge Schlumberger-Doll Res. Infinity Pharmaceuticals www.momentapharma.co Cambridge www.slb.com Cambridge www.ipi.com m Sepracor Inc. Ironwood New England Biolabs Marlborough Pharmaceuticals Ipswich www.neb.com www.sepracor.com Cambridge www.ironwoodpharma.co Nova Biomedical Shipley Co. (part of Dow) m Waltham Marlborough www.novabio.com www.shipley.com Jeol USA Peabody www.jeol.com NOVARTIS (& NIBRI) Shire CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Lantheus Medical www.novartis.com www.shire.com Imaging North Billerica Organix Inc. Siemens Medical www.radiopharm.com/ Woburn www.organix.com Norwood www.usa.siemens.com Markem Keene, NH www.markem- Osram Sylvania Inc Sigma-RBI imaje.com Beverly Natick www.sigma.com www.sylvania.com/ MERCK & CO. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals BOSTON PCI Synthesis Cambridge www.merck.com Newburyport www.sirtrispharma.com www.pcisynthesis.com Metabolix Strem Chemicals Cambridge PFIZER INC. Newburyport www.metabolix.com/ CAMBRIDGE www.strem.com www.pfizer.com Surface Logix US Army Natick SSC Waters Corp. Brighton Natick Milford www.waters.com www.surfacelogix.com www.army.mil/info/organi zation/natick/ Woods Hole Synta Pharmaceuticals Oceanographic Institute Lexington VERTEX Woods Hole www.syntapharma.com PHARMACEUTICALS www.whoi.edu CAMBRIDGE Tetraphase www.vertexpharma.com/ Wyeth Biopharma Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer) Andover Watertown WR Grace www.wyeth.com www.tetraphasepharma.co Cambridge m www.wrgrace.com .