Florida’s biotech hub is burgeoning
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Motivated by the support of the state, increasing the presence in the world of high-class research institutes and other fuels, Florida has led the ramp too fast a major player in the arena of biotechnology. By Allan Maurer Within a few years, economic development in southern Florida asked Biotech serial entrepreneur Max Wallace, living as a hub of biotechnology, such as the Research Triangle in North Carolina. Starting 20 years, “said Wallace. This is not happening overnight, which they long. Several factors have accelerated Florida’s growing importance in the biotechnology industry. Sena Black, senior vice president of marketing and information with Enterprise Florida, South Tech Journal says that the large influx of West Coast research organizations has stimulated growth. “Scripps was the first,” she says. Not only he came to the opening of other research institutes, has generated growth but also from “homegrown businesses.” Pre-Scripps, Black said, “there were fewer than 30, and we now have over 140 and, as regards the increase of things we can identify biotechnology as himself, not to mention the life sciences, the most important thing for Florida. ” The Scripps Research Institute, geködert of $ 310 million in government incentives, a 40000 square meters in the direction of research, on the campus of Jupiter of the Florida Atlantic University in 2004. The Scripps Research Institute, headquartered in La Jolla, California, is the world’s largest independent, non-profit biomedical research. He pioneered research on leukemia, ovarian cancer, Lou Gehrig, disease, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS. An analysis of the best economists predicted that Scripps Florida will be approximately $ 1.6 billion of additional revenue and strengthening the rule of GDP $ 3.2 billion in 15 years. A glance at the effects on the region of Scripps in San Diego, California suggests that expectations are not exaggerated. Already, Scripps has participated in various universities in Florida 34 scientific collaborations. Scripps Florida also had its first spin-off, “Xcovery in January 2007. Xcovery, which is based in West Palm Beach, is working on drugs to fight inflammation and cancer based on intellectual property developed Scripps. In 2006, Scripps Florida, research in more than 29 patents and 14 licensed technology. As part of the Scripps As part of the arrival of Scripps, The Burnham Institute for Medical Research plans for the construction of 300 people in residence in Orlando to extend their expertise in chemistry, pharmacology and functional genomics. SRI International in St. Petersburg, we must first focus on the research and development of science sea, the maritime affairs and ports, but includes projects in biomedical research on aging and may also develop nanotechnology. Torrey Pines Molecular Institute for Studies in Port St. Lucia, the plans for the detection of heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and the implementation of clinical trials for a process that could help, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, liver disease and the effectiveness. |