The Baker-Polito Administration announced $20 million in tax incentive awards, to 28 life sciences companies. The awards, which will create 1,325 new jobs in the Commonwealth in 2016, were approved today by the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). The tax incentive awards will support life sciences job growth in fourteen Massachusetts cities and towns; half of the awardees are located or are expanding outside of Greater Boston.
| Company | Location | Incentive Amount | Jobs |
| 908 Devices Inc. | Boston | $165,000 | 11 |
| AbbVie Inc. | Worcester | $525,000 | 35 |
| Abiomed, Inc. | Danvers | $1,050,000 | 70 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Cambridge | $2,250,000 | 150 |
| Amgen Inc. | Cambridge | $780,000 | 52 |
| Baxalta US, Inc. | Cambridge | $1,320,000 | 66 |
| Charles River Laboratories, Inc. | Wilmington | $1,200,000 | 80 |
| Emulate, Inc. | Boston | $318,090 | 30 |
| Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Watertown | $360,000 | 24 |
| Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. | Boston | $483,377 | 50 |
| Juno Therapeutics, Inc. | Waltham | $165,000 | 11 |
| LFB USA, Inc. | Framingham | $720,000 | 48 |
| Masy Systems, Inc. | Pepperell | $150,000 | 10 |
| Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Cambridge | $225,000 | 15 |
| Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. | Cambridge | $1,875,000 | 125 |
| Nitto Denko Avecia Inc. | Milford | $450,000 | 30 |
| Nova Biomedical Corporation | Waltham | $750,000 | 50 |
| Pharmalucence, Inc. | Billerica | $150,000 | 10 |
| Quanterix Corporation | Lexington | $225,000 | 15 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | Waltham | $525,000 | 35 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | Cambridge | $750,000 | 50 |
| Seres Therapeutics, Inc. | Cambridge | $945,000 | 63 |
| Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. | Lexington | $2,250,000 | 150 |
| Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. | Walpole | $735,000 | 30 |
| SQZ Biotechnologies Company | Boston | $129,784 | 20 |
| STC Biologics, Inc. | Cambridge | $150,000 | 10 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | Cambridge | $1,125,000 | 75 |
| Web Industries Boston, Inc. | Holliston | $150,000 | 10 |