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What's Happening Across the Country for Biotech?

All the indicators say, grow, grow, grow in the new report, Technology, Talent and Capital: State Bioscience Initiatives 2008, released today at the BIO International Convention. Some highlights:

total U.S. employment in the biosciences reached 1.3 million in 2006, up from 1.2 million in 2004, led by strong growth in the research, testing and medical lab subsector, which experienced a 17.8 percent increase in employment and a 32.7 percent increase in establishments between 2001 and 2006.

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