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This page lists NCBIO’s current state policy priorities. For more information, click on the Fact Sheet links, or see copies of relevant legislation and access relevant web resources by clicking on hyperlinks in those columns.
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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy statewide.
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October 24 – 25, 2011
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
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October 24 – 25, 2011
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
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August 18, 2011
Desmond Great Valley Hotel
Malvern, PA
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Innovation Philadelphia
Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania
Office of Governor Tom Corbett
Pennsylvania Bio
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Pennsylvania State Senate
University of Pittsburgh – Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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Pennsylvania has a leading and specialized bioscience industry. Among the four major subsectors, the State has a specialized employment concentration in two—drugs and pharmaceuticals (location quotient of 1.65), and research, testing and medical laboratories (1.53). Academic bioscience research and development expenditures totaled $1.61 billion in 2008, heavily concentrated in medical sciences ($1.1 billion).
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Pennsylvania is a national leader in the biosciences and home to premier universities, hospitals, and other bioscience research institutions. The state is a top employer in bioscience industries, a leading innovator in bioscience-related patents, and nationally-ranked investor in academic R&D and recipient of federal research grants.
