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Top Canadian Biotech Clusters Focus on Life Sciences and the Agro-biotechnologies

Top Canadian Biotech Clusters Focus on Life Sciences and the Agro-biotechnologies

Last year, I prepared an article for Trade & Industry Development that painted a broad-brush picture of Canada’s current position in the biotech secto...

Missouri - International Biotechnology Center

Missouri - International Biotechnology Center

Missouri is on the cutting edge of advancements in the bio, bio-technology and agricultural economic sectors. Led by Gov. Matt Blunt, the state has ta...

Biotechnology: News & Notes from BIO (Biotechnology Industry Association)

Biotechnology: News & Notes from BIO (Biotechnology Industry Association)

States and regions across the country are working to develop and promote the growth of their bioscience bases, according to the study “Growing the Nat...

Bioscience and Virginia - A Perfect Match

Bioscience and Virginia - A Perfect Match

Space to grow, a pool of talented professionals and a business-friendly, low-cost environment that stimulates growth are necessary ingredients for the...

Bioscience Clusters - Convergence and Coordination

Bioscience Clusters - Convergence and Coordination

We’ve been told that the biosciences represent the future. And plainly we believe it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t lavish so many resources on commercializi...

Wisconsin: The Core of Biotech Discovery

Wisconsin: The Core of Biotech Discovery

From the development of the Babcock Milk Test in the late 19th century to the isolation of human embryonic stem cells in the late 20th century, the St...

Empires of the Mind - Part 2: Site Selection & Emerging Agricultural Biotechnology Regions

Empires of the Mind - Part 2: Site Selection & Emerging Agricultural Biotechnology Regions

Despite the overwhelming concentration of the pharmaceutical and research-based biotechnology industry, many American cities remain committed to makin...

SPI: The Voice of the Plastics Industry

SPI: The Voice of the Plastics Industry

The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) is the trade association representing the 4th largest manufacturing industry in the United States. Fo...

Joining a Polymer Cluster

Joining a Polymer Cluster

To date there is no such thing as SimCluster. If there were, it would work much like SimCity, the popular software game. SimCity lets you play urban d...

Business As Usual In Mississippi

Business As Usual In Mississippi

Gone are the days when Mississippi was primarily known as an agricultural state. Sure we still grow everything from corn to soybeans, but today’s Miss...