New Jersey's biopharmaceutical companies research and develop new treatments and cures that improve patient health while also contributing to U.S. economic health. These companies employ highly skilled union construction workers to build state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities to ensure infrastructure is built to exacting standards.

Construction Employment

Union Labor & Earnings, 2015-20

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

5.2

million

Labor Hours Demanded

(14 trades, installation, and maintenance)

2.5

million

Union Labor Hours (est.)

State union% in non-residential = 48.9%)

94.3

million

Total Union Earnings (est.)

(Union hours times average wage)

New Jersey Construction Labor Hours by Trade

Pharmaceutical & Biotech, 2015-20

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34,135

Installation

29,862

Maintenance

63,998

Total hours

Largest Construction Projects

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing, 2015-20

Merck and Company Incorporated

Rahway MRL R&D/Prod Oncology, Diabetes, Small/Large Molecule Flex Center Add

Rahway, NJ

$290,000,000

2019-2022

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Parsippany Infertility & Urology Biopharmaceutical Plant and Lab Addition

Parsippany, NJ

$135,000,000

2013-2015

Aurobindo Pharma USA Incorporated

Dayton Solid Dose and Solutions Generics Plant & Distribution Addition

Dayton, NJ

$120,000,000

2016-2019

Teligent Incorporated

Buena Topicals and Injectables CMO Plant Addition

Buena, NJ

$65,000,000

2016-2017

Patheon, By Thermo Fisher Scientific

201 College Rd E, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

Princeton Cell Therapy Development and Manufacturing Collaboration Center Add

Princeton, NJ

$65,000,000

2020-2021

Biotrial S.A.

Newark Grassroot Pharmacology Clinical Research CRO Center

Newark, NJ

$50,000,000

2014-2016

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

3401 Princeton Pike, Lawrence Township, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA

Lawrenceville Early Discovery Pharmaceutical R&D Buildings Addition

Lawrenceville, NJ

$50,000,000

2018-2020

Celularity Incorporated

170 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA

Florham Park Brownfield Clinical-Stage Cell and Gene Therapeutics Plant

Florham Park, NJ

$50,000,000

2019-2021

Aurolife Pharma LLC

Dayton Multi-Dose Generics Plant Expansion

Dayton, NJ

$35,000,000

2015-2017

Rocket Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

9 Cedarbrook Dr, East Windsor, NJ 08512, USA

Cranbury Brownfield Gene Therapy Manufacturing Plant

Cranbury, NJ

$30,000,000

2019-2020

Wuxi Biologics USA, LLC

7 Clarke Dr, Cranbury, NJ 08512, USA

Cranbury Brownfield Bulk Biologicals CMO Mfg #18 Plant

Cranbury, NJ

$30,000,000

2020-2021

Merck and Company Incorporated

Rahway MRL R&D/Prod Oncology, Diabetes, Small/Large Molecule Flex Center Add

Rahway, NJ

Location

$290,000,000

Project Value

2019-2022

Years

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You may be surprised by the connection between New Jersey's biopharmaceutical industry and union labor. A new study finds that from 2015-2020, America’s biopharmaceutical companies invested $2.58 billion in infrastructure in the state, supporting 2.5 million union labor hours. View New Jersey's labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2EkrGMS

New Jersey's pharmaceutical companies and the building trades unions have a surprising relationship - a new study finds that from 2015-2020 biopharmaceutical companies invested $2.58 billion in infrastructure in the state, supporting 2.5 million union labor hours. View New Jersey's labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2EkrGMS