Trade group now has 23 members working in a growing state sector

NH Life Sciences, a statewide trade group representing the life sciences industry in the Granite State, capped its inaugural year by adding several new members, bringing its total to 23, the group announced Thursday.

“As a newly formed association, our members have the unique ability to help guide the direction of New Hampshire’s life sciences growth,” said Andrea Hechavarria, president & CEO of NH Life Sciences, in a press release.

New Hampshire’s bioscience industry employed 9,330 individuals in 2023 across 1,048 business establishments, according to a Dec. 2 report by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization and the Council of State Bioscience Associations, of which NH Life Sciences is a member.

The new NH Life Sciences member companies are:

• Resonetics, a Nashua-based medical company that provides medical device advanced engineering, prototyping, product development and micro manufacturing.
• BA Sciences, a Salem-based company that offers a full-service analytical testing laboratory.
• Ovik Health, a Portsmouth-based health-care technology company with products ranging from wound and burn dressings, compression solutions, to tapes and bandages.

NH Life Sciences also added its first group of associate members who support the life sciences industry:

• Decco, a Nashua provider of specialized construction, maintenance, critical equipment handling and fabrication services to biopharmaceutical, technology and industrial clients throughout New England
• Ethikos Tech, an IT professional services firm.
• Middlesex Gases, a third-generation company manufacturing and analyzing specialty gases for biotechnology and life science companies that serves companies in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
• Piquette and Howard Electrical, a Plaistow-based service-disabled veteran-owned small business and regional electrical contractor that has an extensive portfolio of life sciences companies.
• SkyTerra, a Nashua-based provider of customized IT support for life sciences and biotech companies.

New Hampshire Life Sciences launched in January, when Novocure, an oncology company with its North American flagship location in Portsmouth, and Novo Nordisk, a global health care company with operations in West Lebanon, signed on as founding members. It has since added MilliporeSigma and Lonza Portsmouth as founding members, as well as other member and industry partners.