Thursday, September 12, 2002
About 25 percent of all Maryland bioscience entrepreneurs have ties to the Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health, according to a report released Tuesday by the Maryland Technology Development Corp. Go Learn more about Maryland's Technology Development Corporation. Go
The main lesson here: places like Maryland have an inside track on biotech development. Biotech is different than other high technology, high growth industries. There is no Henry Ford, no Bill Gates in biotech. Why? Because the nature of the enterprise is different. The research, technology transfer, and business development networks are an order of magnitude more complex.
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The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
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Maryland's biotech base
