Medical manufacturing in Puerto Rico

2,500+ different medical devices produced

20,000 direct jobs in medical device manufacturing

Local operations

7 of world’s Top 10 medical device companies

15 of the world’s Top 20 Class 3 manufacturers

Highest concentration of medical device expertise (5.5x national average)

Produces 90% of world’s pacemakers

Medical devices produced

• Pacemakers
• Defibrillators, pulmonary artery catheters
• Bandages
• Insulin pumps
• Hernia patches implants
• Contact lenses
• Stents
• Glucose monitors
• Blood collection systems
• IV saline bags
• Diagnostics
• Hemodynamic monitoring catheters

90% of all air cargo leaving Puerto Rico comprised of life science products

Companies with operations around the island

• Abbott Laboratories
• Abbott Medical Optics
• Angiotech
• Aspen Surgical
• Bard
• Becton Dickinson
• Boston Scientific
• Cardinal Health
• C-Axis
• CDI
• Coopervision
• Edwards Lifesciences
• Ethicon
• Fenwal In’l
• GVS SpA
• Integra LifeSciences
• LifeScan
• Medtronic
• Promed Haraeus
• Roche Diagnostics
• Santorious Stedim Biotech
• St. Jude Medical
• Stryker
• Zimmer Biomet
  

Source: JLL & Invest Puerto Rico’s Life Sciences Manufacturing Report https://www.us.jll.com/