Stockholm-Uppsala life science cluster in brief

Stockholm-Uppsala evolves around the research at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University. Typical areas of research are protein research, neuroscience and cancer.

Here are the numbers for Sweden’s biggest cluster in life science:

Employees in different fields:

Drug Development & Production: 11,801
Medical Technology: 3,023
Biotech Tools and Supplies: 1,659
Diagnostics: 937
Other Segments: 1,429
Total: 18,849

Companies with over 1000 employees:

Astrazeneca
Pfizer Health
GE Healthcare Biosciences
Recip Stockholm

Companies with 500–999 employees:

Fresenius Kabi
St. Jude Medical
Biovitrum
Advanced Medical Optics Uppsala

Companies with 100–499 employees:

Phadia
Octapharma
Cederroth International
Q-Med
Maquet Critical Care
Apoteket
Quintiles
St. Jude / Radi Medical Systems
Kemwell
Crucell/SBL Vaccines
DSM Anti-Infectives Sweden