Great story from Delaware First Media about BIO 2011

Delaware First Media has published a great article about BIO 2011 and Delaware's participation, here's a couple of excerpts:

“Everything that’s necessary for the biotech industry is here,” said SDIX President and CEO Fran DiNuzzo. “It’s a vibrant and tight biotech community.”
The SDIX story is one that Delaware officials are now aiming to replicate in the hope of building on a flourishing local industry that generates billions of dollars and thousands of jobs for the state’s economy.
At the BIO International Convention – the world’s biggest biotechnology trade show — in Washington, DC from June 27-30, Delaware officials and industry leaders will be working to attract new business to the state and reinforce its reputation as a leading center for the industry.
“We are trying to create a big splash,” said Alan Levin, Secretary of the Delaware Economic Development Office. “We now have an opportunity to put ourselves in a bigger market for the next generation.”
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“It’s an opportunity to get people to come to Delaware,” said Bob Dayton, President of the Delaware BioScience Association referring to the convention. “They might stop off and visit before or after the show, especially international visitors.”
Dayton says the state’s participation in the DC show coincides with an increase in its ongoing efforts to boost the local life-sciences industry. The Delaware BioScience Association had 30 members at its inception five years ago. Today it has grown to a 100-member trade group that represents about 80 percent of the state’s biotech industry.

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