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The biotechnology industry has doubled in the past decade and is widely considered the nation's most promising vehicle for economic growth.

Central New York — rich in intellectual capital, ripe for economic revitalization and proven ground for biotechnology ventures—Central New York is currently home to nearly 3,000 jobs in the biotechnology sector — is poised to expand its reach in this promising arena.

To commercialize their extensive research findings, two cornerstones of CNY's research community —SUNY Upstate Medical University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry(ESF)— have partnered with Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York (MDA) and the Syracuse VA Medical Center to create the CNY Biotechnology Research Center (CNY-BRC).

For further information, please contact:

John C. Fieschko, PhD
315 470-6865
fieschkj@upstate.edu

 

 

"...the future of New York's biotech sector is bright. The federal government projects that biotech and pharmaceutical companies will hire 12.5 percent more people by 2012. We want many of those jobs to be located in New York State...new investment in life sciences in New York State could result in 7,000 new jobs directly related to the biotech industry and 15,000 total new jobs. This would produce an estimated $307 million more in state government revenue."

—David A. Paterson,
Lieutenant Governor
From a speech given at Columbia University on 04.11.06

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