Bio Buzz: Life Science Investment Spurs Bipartisanship at its Best at BIO 2008

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA--June 20, 2008--Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--At least a dozen state capitals are missing their top officials this week, as governors from across the country made their way to San Diego to attend the annual 2008 international BIO conference (June 17-20). With nary a word on the looming presidential elections or political affiliations from any of them, the governors were united in an effort to tout their successes in attracting and retaining life-science investments in their home states. The economic and educational benefits of establishing research and production sites seem to be the one thing that all of them agree on despite their political affiliations.

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