Bio-Based Top Employers

Bio-based companies are abundant in the state, partly due to partnership opportunities with our two national laboratories and numerous research facilities. We also offer a highly-qualified, skilled workforce, low utility rates, affordable business locations and an excellent transportation infrastructure.

'Gazelle' Companies

Locally-grown bio-based companies that more than doubled their employment and increased their revenues by 50% in the last three years include:

• ABC Coding Solutions - Allows healthcare practitioners to file electronic claims for services.
• Lumidigm Inc - Spinoff from InLight Solutions. Device identifies people based on their skin's optical properties. Recent development contract from Unisys Corp.
• MIOX Corporation - Water disinfectant technology originally developed by Los Alamos Technical Associates. Was among 100 companies nationwide included in a top-100 list of the hottest private companies in green tech for 2007.
• Star Cryoelectronics - Manufactures sensors used in biomedical imaging.
  

Source: The Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook, 'Flying 40' June 2007

Other Metro Area Bio-Based Employers

Albuquerque

• Adherent Technologies, Inc. - Specialty polymers and processes for use in high-performance composites, coatings, foams, sensors, and recycling of polymer based scrap.
• Applied Research Associates - Provides innovative solutions to technical problems in science and engineering.
• Applied Technology Assoc. Inc/ATA Sensors - Specializes in all aspects of precision sensing, measurement and controls.
• Azano Pharmaceuticals - developing technology to provide relief to lupus patients with severe kidney inflammation.
• B.A.S.I.C Dental Implant Systems, Inc. - Produces several products that ease dental implants for both dentists and patients.
• Battelle Memorial Institute - Global science and technology enterprise that develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for customers.
• Biomoda, Inc. - Products that will be used for early diagnosis of cancer, and aid in the imaging and treatment of cancer.
• Cell Robotics International, Inc. - Sandia spinoff. Manufactures laser-based medical devices and scientific research instruments.
• CIC Photonics, Inc. - Designs and manufactures the most sensitive and robust White Cells and FTIR spectrometer accessories that are available in the marketplace today.
• CVI Lasers Corporation - Industry leader in the manufacturing of etalons and flat substrates.
• Daniel B Stephens & Assoc. - Hydro geologic investigations, water resources planning and development.
• Decade Optical Systems/Decade Products, Inc./Armstrong Laser Technology, Inc. - Provides solutions for government and industrial sectors in the research and development, design, assembly, and automated production of advanced high-power laser diode arrays, solid-state laser systems, and related components and subsystems.
• DePuy Orthopedics - Designs, manufactures and distributes orthopedic devices and supplies including hip, knee, extremity, trauma, orthobiologics, and operating room products.
• ENV Services - Testing, certification and calibration of contamination control equipment, laboratory equipment, and process control instrumentation.
• Environmental Robots, Inc. - Manufacturing, R&D and sales of ionic polymeric metal nano composites.
• Ethicon Endo-Surgery - A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary; endoscopic and surgical devices.
• Exagen Diagnostics, Inc - Spinoff from Quasar International. Genetic tests to predict the course of breast cancer and hepatitis C. Recent $5.4 million investment by three venture capital firms. Use of genomic data will shorten product development by five years.
• InLight Solutions - Tech transfer from Sandia and UNM. Noninvasive glucose monitor and alcohol monitor.
• Intellite, Inc. - Provides a cost-effective way to correct aberrations in laser beam quality.
• Kem-Tek Pharmaceuticals - Research and development of alpha lipoic acid.
• Kestrel Corp - Advanced imaging, remote sensing, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing systems for commercial, bio-medical and government research applications.
• Lase-R Shield, Inc. - Founded to meet the protective laser safety needs of an emerging and diversified laser industry.
• Marpac, Inc. - Provider of tube securement devices for Respiratory Therapists and Critical Care Nurses.
• Meditrend, Inc. - Innovative health care solutions.
• MesoSystems Technology Inc. - Air sampler that quickly collects and tests biological pathogens such as anthrax.
• Miox Corp. - Water purification technology. Exporting award from the U.S. Commerce Department in 2002. U.S. Marines in Afghanistan carry Miox water purifier.
• Monitech, Inc. - Distributor of biomedical equipment and services.
• Nanodetex Corporation - Tech transfer from Sandia. Lab-on-a-chip senses the presence of chemical or biological agents. Devices will be installed in major subway systems.
• New Mexico Resonance - Nonprofit research corporation that uses magnetic resonance to study mainly fluids, their environments, and their motion.
• O Company - The next generation in implant technology.
• Ocular Sciences - Contact lenses optical manufacturer.
• PhDx Systems - Web-based software applications and data collection for health-care organizations.
• Protalex, Inc. - Committed to dramatically improving the lives of people with autoimmune disorders.
• Quest Diagnostics - Nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services.
• Seraf Therapeutics, Inc. - Develops cost-effective therapies for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
• Southwest Parallel Software, Inc. - Leader in providing high-performance and high-throughput bioinformatics software solutions for general-purpose computer systems.
• SP Pharmaceuticals LLC (Cardinal Health) - Manufacturer that specializes in small-volume, liquid and lyophilized parenterals.
• Technology Commercialization International - Providing innovative solutions in nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging.
• TecMed, Inc. - Medical technology company.
• Thermo Eberline - Laboratory solutions.
• Theranostech Inc. - Rapid HIV-detection kit. Partnered with Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute and UNM to develop product.
• TPL Inc. - Materials science-based technology development and manufacturing company.
• Tricore Laboratories - Not-for-profit corporation that is the result of a regional laboratory consolidation effort. Sponsors include University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and Presbyterian Healthcare Services.
• WaveFront Sciences - Provides highly sensitive optical measurement systems for space telescopes to presenting ophthalmic surgeons with detailed measurements for LASIK surgery.

Estancia Valley

• Biomimetic Products, Inc. - Manufactures biomedical instruments.
  

Rio Rancho

• Amerisource Bergen (formerly Bergen Brunswig Drug Company) - Pharmaceutical distribution company.
• U.S. Cotton - Health, pharmaceutical and industrial cotton products.

Santa Fe

• DNA Mining Informatics Software, (Tesuque) - Faster, more sensitive and selective DNA searching.
• Genzyme Genetics - A dynamic leader in diagnostic testing.
• Mesa Analytics & Computing - Creates custom data mining solutions and software for companies with problems in knowledge discovery.
• Metallicum, LLC - Focused on the development and commercialization of nanostructured metals and alloys.
• National Center for Genome Resources - Non-profit research institution for improving health through collaborative research at the intersection of bioscience, computing and mathematics.
• OpenEye Scientific Software - Provides software to the pharmaceutical industry for molecular modeling and cheminformatics.
• Phase-1 Molecular Toxicology, Inc.- Toxicity information and analysis for pharmaceutical industry.
• QTL Biosystems - Medical sensor to quickly test a saliva or urine sample for diseases and devices to detect anthrax exposure.
• Southwest Sciences, Inc - Performs research and develops technology in combustion, atmospheric chemistry, imaging, and optical sciences.