TINTON FALLS, NJ - May 8, 2007 - The first rankings results from the upcoming "2007 Business Facilities Rankings Report," to be published in the July 2007 issue of Business Facilities, were announced today to coincide wiht the BIO International Convention May 6-9 in Bosotn, MA. the U.S. State Biotechnology Rankings show that the overall winner for depth of biotechnology leadership is Iowa, which far and away dominates the competition in the field of Agricultural Feedstock and Chemicals. Iowa's lead over other states in this particular sector far exceeds any lead held by other states in the three other major bioscience fields: Drugs and Pharmaceuticals; Medical Devices and Equipment; and Research, Testing, and Medical Laboratories.
Of equal status is the 2007 overall winner for breadth of biotechnology leadership: New Jersey. The Garden State is more competitive in each of the four categories of the biosciences than any other state, showing no weakness in any area of biotechnology.
States to make the top 10 of both the Overall Depth and Overall Breadth rankings are New Jersey, Nebraska, Utah, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Connecticut. These states will be highlighted inteh July 2007 report, along with the top 10 winners from both overall rankings and each of the four component bioscience industry rankings.
US State Biotechnology Rankings
Overall: Depth
Rank Location
1 Iowa
2 New Jersey
3 Nebraska
4 Utah
5 Idaho
6 Massachusetts
7 South Dakota
8 Missouri
9 Connecticut
10 Minnesota
"Iowa is so far ahead of every other state in one category - Agricultural Feedstock and Chemicals - that is makes up for missing the top 10 in the other three biotechnology categories," said Karim Khan, editor in chief of Business Facilities. "We purposely created an overall depth-of-proficiency ranking where a state would be rewarded for opening a big lead on the competition. Iowa ranked 13th, 35th, and 42nd in the pharmaceuiticals, medical devices and research/testing categories, respectively, but the competition between states was more closely packed in those cases."
