In July 2011, Governor Deval Patrick visited the facilities of Biomeasure, Ipsen’s US subsidiary focusing on research, development and manufacturing in Milford, Massachusetts. The Governor met with company leaders and discussed the role that the Life Sciences Initiative has played in advancing the company’s scientific research and product development. Ipsen Biomeasure was successful in applying jointly with Brigham & Women’s Hospital for one of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center’s Cooperative Research Matching Grants in the program’s first round.