He currently makes his living as a consultant in research and development with biomedical companies, and as a writer.

McKinsey was increasingly working among biomedical and pharmaceutical companies and it needed more physicians on staff as consultants.

"There's a big demand for small biomedical companies that take care of specialty doctors' clinics, even veterinarians," he said.

They had been written on the lined stationery of Evelyn's employer, a biomedical company.

During his career van Blitterswijk has co-founded four biomedical companies and held several functions in those organizations.

The venture allows the University to work with leading technology and biomedical companies while provided students with unparalleled research opportunities.

Silicon Valley already has the highest concentration of biomedical companies in the United States, with 37,000 people employed.

Potential tenants for the lab space, in addition to the hospitals and researchers, are businesses that rely on them, like pharmaceutical, biomedical or biotechnology companies.

Biomed is a multibillion-dollar business in Massachusetts alone, with some 1,500 biomedical companies here.

Other biomedical companies also produce brands of hyaluronan for opthalmic surgery.