From Bootscootin' to Biotech: Lone Star Life Science Investment Tops $1.6 Billion in 2016 Project Starts

SUGAR LAND--November 30, 2016--Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--High-tech laboratories and advanced drug manufacturing plants are not usually the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Texas. But, as the numbers reveal, there is a whole lot more to the Lone Star state than cowboy boots, longhorns and the state's strong refining and chemicals industry cluster. The life science sector is staking its claim in a big way.

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