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Bucks County Commissioners Announce $5.4 Million Bond Savings.
Camden Officials Break Ground on the Carpenter Square Project -- an Unprecedented Transformation in the City of Camden.
Rowan Opens its First Building at South Jersey Technology Park.
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Greater Philadelphia Well Positioned to Weather Economic Climate
| Business Week recently named Philadelphia as one of the U.S. cities best prepared to survive a recession. While the article focused on the City, the strength of the entire Greater Philadelphia region is a result of a diverse pool of industries that continue to drive the regional and global economy including life science, information technology, financial and professional services, higher education, logistics and chemicals. Click here to learn more |
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Approved Rail Bill Puts Region on New Track
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For the first time in more than a decade, the Amtrak reauthorization bill (HR 2095) has been signed into law, which authorizes increased funding to support more reliable, frequent and higher speed rail service.The bill enables Amtrak to receive $13 billion over five years in subsidies with annual congressional funding approval. The new legislation represents a tremendous victory for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Greater Philadelphia Region. Click here to learn more
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Life Sciences Cos. Sweep Top Three Places in Deloitte's 2008 Greater Philadelphia Fast 50
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Demonstrating the strength of the life sciences industry in the region, ViroPharma Incorporated, Globus Medical, Inc. and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. ranked Nos. 1–3 in Deloitte's 2008 Greater Philadelphia Fast 50. ViroPharma, of Exton, Penn., recorded a five-year revenue growth figure of 12,541 percent, while Globus Medical, in Audubon, Penn., scored revenue growth of 10,142 percent and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, of Malvern, Penn, came in with revenue growth of 985 percent.
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Translational Medicine Forum in Greater Philadelphia Aims to Move Discovery to Clinical Practice
The Translational Medicine Alliance will hold its second annual Forum on February 2-4, 2009 in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The Forum joins the world's most promising university medical commercialization opportunities with the industry's top disease foundations, corporations and investors, developing a more effective model to enable translational medicine.
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IT Report Reveals Steady Strength in Region
Select Greater Philadelphia released its Information Technology (IT) Industry – an Economic and Comparative Assessment of Greater Philadelphia - which provides an analysis of the region's Information Technology (IT) sector, including a comparison to other large Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), starts from the realization that IT is an enabling technology used by all industries to increase productivity and to manage and analyze information. Click here to learn more
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA Enjoys Record-Breaking Year
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a record-breaking year of company investment and growth, new partnerships and high-technology job creation (fiscal 2008). Click here to learn more
New Biotechnology Certificate Programs Available at Community Colleges
In partnership with regional community colleges and biotechnology companies, the Life Science Career Alliance (LSCA) has developed two industry-validated college certificate programs designed to fill increasing numbers of skilled employee shortfalls. Click here to learn more
Wistar Among "Best Places to Work" In Academia
The Scientist magazine named The Wistar Institute No. 11 on a list of “Best Places to Work in Academia,” citing strengths in categories “management and policy” and “peers.” The rankings, derived from surveys of scientists employed by the nation's research institutes and academic medical centers, appeared in this month's edition of the magazine. Click here to learn more
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Image: Camden's Battleship New Jersey in pink as it participates in the Lights for a Cure campaign to show her support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Drexel Harnesses Power of Young Talent During Entrepreneurship Week
As a counterpoint to the world economic downturn, Drexel University's LeBow College of Business and its Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology will harness the economic promise and positive energy of enterprising young entrepreneurs during Global Entrepreneurship Week, which will run from November 17 to November 23, 2008. Click here to learn more |
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