Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community

About the Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community

Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community members work together to ensure that Puerto Rico is the best quality airfreight hub in the Americas and to act as the voice of the industry with legislators.

The Community is supported by the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DEDC) and brings together airlines, airports, forwarders, integrators, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, ground handlers, and hauliers.

The Community’s Board drives the initiative and includes Community members as well as the DEDC, Invest Puerto Rico, the Industry University Research Center (INDUNIV), Aerostar Airport Holdings, and the Port Authority of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is the number one bioscience manufacturing hub in the U.S. by export volume, and twelve of the world’s 20 top-grossing pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie operate on the island, with eight of the 15 globally top-selling biopharmaceutical products manufactured on Puerto Rico.

Twelve out of the top 20 medical devices companies have manufacturing sites on the island, including Medtronics, CooperVision, and Boston Scientific, manufacturing products such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, surgical instruments, lab devices, dental equipment, and vision correction.