Biosciences, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutical Companies in Rhode Island, US

Alexion Pharmaceutical, Smithfield, RI: A biotechnology company developing drug therapies for patients with serious and life-threatening medical conditions. The company is engaged in discovering and developing therapeutic products to treat patients with a wide array of severe diseases, including hematologic diseases, cancer, and autoimmune disorders. 

Amgen Inc., West Greenwich, RI:A biotechnology company bringing safe and effective medicines from lab to manufacturing plant to patient. The company's therapeutics have helped millions fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

BCR Corporation, Middletown, RI:A privately held corporation dedicated to developing novel biosensor platforms for detecting extremely low levels of bacteria in less than 30 minutes. Life-saving applications for BCR's products include clinical diagnostics, biological warfare defense, testing platelets intended for transfusion, screening food and beverages, and environmental monitoring.

Dominion Diagnostics, North Kingston, RI:A medical laboratory that provides complete clinical testing, toxicological analytical testing, clinical and technical services, and data systems management, for health care centers. The company specializes in comprehensive urine drug testing through the use of innovative technologies.

EpiVax Inc., Providence, RI:A privately held company dedicated to the development and implementation of computational immunology tools to benefit the biotechnology industry. The company intends to utilize its scientific and technological assets related to epitope discovery, de-immunization, and vaccine design.

G&G Technologies, North Kingston, RI:A manufacturer of custom process systems and components for the Bio-pharmaceutical industry, also distributes a complete line of high purity flexible hose and sanitary gasket products. Hose materials in USP class VI Silicone and Teflon, as well as Food-grade rubber are available in a wide variety of constructions to satisfy the demands of any Biopharm application.

MultiCell Technologies, Inc., Lincoln, RI:A pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics based on immune system modulation, toll receptor techniques, stem cells and other patented drug development techniques. MultiCell's therapeutic pipeline includes potential therapeutics for the treatment of chronic fatigue in MS patients, for treatment of relapsing-remitting MS, for juvenile diabetes, viral infections, influenzas and some cancers.

Neurotech, Lincoln, RI:A biotechnology company specializing in the development of novel therapeutics to treat diseases of the eye. The company’s initial focus is on chronic diseases affecting the back of the eye, especially the retina, because retinal diseases represent the greatest unmet medical need.

Rhodes Technologies, Coventry, RI:A pharmaceutical company with a complete range of active pharmaceutical ingredients production capabilities, including process development, synthesis, drying, plus advanced micronization suites with state-of-the-art jet mills, as well as dosage form manufacturing suits. The company has broad capabilities in developing sophisticated chemicals and offers confidential production of high purity APIs and finished dosage forms of innovative pharmaceuticals, as well as marketing and sales services.

Verichem Laboratories, Providence, RI:Protein-based an liquid clinical chemistry products are designed to deliver accurate, liquid reference standards for convenient calibration or calibration verification. Verichem Laboratories has developed a variety of multi-component standard solutions, with human and bovine protein matrices, formulated to obtain optimum performance with the latest automated methods.

Centers, Institutes, Foundations Related to Biosciences and Biotechnology in Rhode Island, US

Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Providence, RI: RIEDC's mission is to strengthen the Rhode Island economy through policies, programs, and projects, which enhance and enrich the business environment for public and private sectors.

Slater Technology Fund, Providence, RI: Focuses its resources on industry sectors deemed to be particularly well suited to developing an innovation-based economy in Rhode Island: Life Sciences and Information Technology. The agency provides up to $3 million annually in seed funding for local technology-based ventures in these two categories.

Tech Collective, Providence, RI:A not for profit organization that is a strategic alliance of independent but affiliated technology cluster industry associations. The organization's mission is to drive technology growth and innovation in Rhode Island by building strong and supportive business communities, providing workforce development resources and offering entrepreneurial support to companies, agencies, organizations, individuals and students.  

Colleges and Universities Related to Biosciences and Biotechnology in Rhode Island.

Brown University, Providence, RI: Brown Technology Partnerships (BTP) exists to fulfill a number of interlocking and mutually dependent activities associated with the commercialization of intellectual property created by faculty and students at Brown, at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, and at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island.

Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI: The Biotechnology Certificate program of study offers hands-on, competency-based instruction designed to retool individuals with previous workplace/educational experience and prepare them for entry-level positions in the biomanufacturing industry.

University of Rhode Island, RI: Academia, University.