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Article: Learning and leadership go hand-in-hand at INTERPHEX Puerto Rico.(INTERPHEX Puerto Rico Update)
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- Pharmaceutical Processing
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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In only four short decades, Puerto Rico has emerged as a leading global center for pharmaceutical manufacturing. The island's pharmaceutical and biotech cluster boasts facilities of industry giants like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and IVAX, and employs approximately 28,000 people. Puerto Rico led the world in international shipments of pharmaceutical products for 2003, with nearly 25 percent of total shipments.
Puerto Rico's rise to leadership has been made possible in large part by the hard work and dedication of an elite group of highly skilled and productive manufacturing teams. But even the best teams need access to education and training to sharpen ...