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NYC, Corporate Partners Launch $100M Life Sciences Investment Fund

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The New York Economic Development Corporation said today it has launched an initiative that will inject $100 million into life sciences startup companies located in the city through a mix of money from city government, life sciences companies, and venture capital partn

NY State Funds New Genomics, Biotech Development

New York State plans to invest $49.7 million in a wide range biotechnology-focused economic development projects with funding going to research institutes, incubators, and businesses throughout the state.

Around the Regions: May 1, 2009
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Vermont Pharma Marketing Disclosure Bills, New England Biotech Association, US Energy Frontier Research Centers, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, New York Biotechnology Association, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, Pittsburgh Entrepreneur Fund, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Accelerator Program, Maryland Technology Development Corporation, San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology

BioRegion Newsmakers: May 1, 2009
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Warren Bruggeman, Thomas Herzog, Lee Potts, Corey Goodman, Gregory Webb, Stephen Sands, Maggie Dias, Santiago Galvez, Elizabeth Goodman, Claudia Hillinger, Thad Seymour, Randy Scott, John Spencer, Thomas Stevens, Jim Talton, Daniel Wahby, Stephanie Warrington, Claudia Zylberberg

NYBA Panelists: Recession May Spur Life-Science Spinouts from NYC Research Institutions
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An influx of managerial and scientific talent due to layoffs from financial institutions and pharmaceutical companies, coupled with new incubator space, could help build a university-fueled life sciences cluster in the New York region, said tech-transfer experts at last week's New York Biotechnology Association meeting.