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Category Archives: Business of Biotech
State Deficits to Shrink & Taxes Drop – Good News for Biotech
Forecasters at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2011 Legislative Summit expect a dramatic reduction of state deficits in the coming years, along with business-friendly tax-cuts. The projections are based on a survey of budget officials in all 50 states last month, said Corina Eckl, director of state services for NCSL. Eckl also noted an emerging trend in which state governors and legislatures are allowing for the expiration of temporary business taxes. Notably, the Michigan Business Read More >
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard Talks Biotech
Shortly before the 2011 BIO International Convention, I had the opportunity to speak with South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard about his state’s growing biotech presence and his first visit to the world’s largest global event for the biotechnology industry. South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard Click the link below to listen to the podcast interview with Governor Daugaard. South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard Talks Biotech On a similar note, J. Pat Costello of South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Read More >
Rust Belt Renaissance; Biotech in the Buckeye State
Once upon a time in America there was a broad region known as the Manufacturing Belt, it followed the Great Lakes from New York to Wisconsin. These days you generally hear it called the Rust Belt. Despite the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs, it remains one of the world’s preeminent manufacturing areas with a workforce that has been retooled to participate in an innovation economy. Amid the sea of grim employment numbers and Read More >
Could 3 minutes reshape California’s biotech future?
Ron Leuty from BiotechSF writes: In just three minutes the other day, Maryland received more than 180 applications for its $8 million biotech tax credit program. The program, which rewards investors for putting cash in biotech startups, is one of many that states are offering to jumpstart or grow their life sciences communities.
Evolution of Biotech Industry is a Constant
Healthcare being delivered by smartphone, homes containing treatment capabilities now only found in hospitals, groundbreaking innovations rising from the confluence of technology and science. Change is constant in the biotech industry and few industry experts know its evolution better than Steven Burrill. Burrill, CEO of Burrill and Company, presented his 25th anniversary annual report on the state of the biotech industry Biotech 2011-Life Sciences: Looking Back to See Ahead at the 2011 BIO International Convention Read More >
