I am planing to move to Florida in the next few months, and would like
to find employment in the area of pharmaceutical product development. 
I am looking for a list of companies that have R&D facilities in FL. 
I am most interested in the Tampa Bay area, but would like info on the
entire state.

Hello.

Begining on Page 43 of a document called BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE SOUTH
EAST USA, you will find a comprehensive list of the pharmaceutical
companies with facilities in Florida.
http://www.bioquebec.com/english/Files/Mission_sudest_7au10avril2003/BIOTECHSudEst.pdf

[ Note that this document is in PDF format, so the Adobe Acrobat
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site: 
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html  ] 

Some of the companies in  Tampa and St Petersburg are:

Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8500 Hidden River Pkwy. Tampa
http://www.bausch.com

JMI Daniels Pharmaceutical, Inc
2517 25th Ave N, St Petersburg

R P Scherer Inc
2725 Scherer Dr N, St Petersburg
http://www.rpscherer.com

Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5215 West Laurel St., Tampa
http://www.somersetpharm.com

These are just the companies in Tampa & St. Petersburg.  Dozens of
other pharmaceutical companies throughout Florida are listed on pages
43 through 49 of the document BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE SOUTH EAST USA
Again, the link is:
http://www.bioquebec.com/english/Files/Mission_sudest_7au10avril2003/BIOTECHSudEst.pdf

search strategy:
pharmaceutical r&d, tampa
Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, tampa

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 22 Aug 2003 23:17 PDT

Sorry for the typo in the first sentence. It should have read:

"Beginning on..."