Governor Corzine Proclaims
November 26-December 3
"Life Sciences Week"
Proclamation [pdf 269kB]
TRENTON - Governor Jon S. Corzine has proclaimed the week of November 26 to December 3 as "Life Sciences Week," in recognition of the valuable contribution that pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science companies have made to the state of New Jersey.
New Jersey's pharmaceutical and medical technology industry remains a leading economic sector with an estimated economic impact of more that $27 billion on New Jersey's economy. The number of New Jersey's biotechnology and life sciences companies are growing rapidly with the number of startup, small, mid-size and fully integrated companies nearly tripling in the past decade.
"The pharmaceutical and life sciences industries are vital to New Jersey's economic stability," said Governor Corzine. "I am proud that 15 of the world's 20 largest pharmaceutical companies and over 235 biotech companies call New Jersey home. The men and women working in this important field help to maintain New Jersey's role as a global leader in life sciences."
The Governor's Economic Growth Strategy has placed high priority on encouraging innovation and maintaining the state's position as a leader in technology and life sciences, including workforce training initiatives to help workers develop advanced skills in order to qualify for high-quality jobs in this growing industry sector. Governor Corzine's initiatives to establish public-private partnerships with the life sciences industry have been recognized over the past two years with $15 million in federal Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grants.
In 2006, Governor Corzine launched the Edison Innovation Fund to create and grow high-tech businesses in the state. The fund increases access to early-stage capital and provides specialized assistance to existing mid-sized and large technology and life sciences businesses.
An agenda of events during "Life Sciences Week" is attached. For information on the Edison Innovation Fund, WIRED initiatives, other financial incentives or state events planned during the week, contact Pamela McClure at the New Jersey Commerce Commission, 609.292.2523 or Nicole Royle at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, 609.292.8691.
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"Life Sciences Week"
Agenda
| Tuesday, Nov. 27: | |
| 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | New Jersey Center for Bio-Materials:
The New Jersey Center for Biomaterials celebrates its 10th anniversary with a day of thought-provoking discussions and presentations surrounding the science, technology and public policy issues of biomaterials sciences. For more information, please contact: Melissa Aranzamendez at 732.445.0488, ext.40006 or visit: http://www.njbiomaterials.org |
| Wednesday, Nov. 28: | |
| 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Liberty Science Center and The Merck Company Foundation's conference on: Advancing Health, Science and Communities: Leveraging Public/Private Partnerships to Meet Global Public Health Challenges Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ For directions visit www.lsc.org For more information please contact; Jeff Osowski at: JOSOWSKI@lsc.org or 201.451.0006 |
| 2 - 4 p.m. | Tris Pharma Facility Tour/Photo-Op Brunswick Business Park 2033 Route 130, Suite D Monmouth Junction EDA CEO Caren Franzini and EDA Director of Technology and Life Sciences Kathleen Coviello will tour the headquarters of Tris Pharma, Inc., a manufacturer of tablets, capsules and liquids with improved absorption qualities that can be used in a wide variety of existing drugs as well as new pharmaceutical products. The company has been assisted several times by the EDA, most recently with tax-exempt bond financing in October 2007. For more information, contact Erin Gold at 609.292.2954 or 609.731.9685, or via e-mail at egold@njeda.com |
| Thursday, Nov. 29: | |
| 9:30 a.m -11:30 a.m | BIO-1 WIRED Launch-Press Conference Biotechnology High School 5000 Kozloski Road Freehold Labor Commissioner David J. Socolow and Emily DeRocco, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training, officially launch the BIO-1 Workforce Investment in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative with a tour of the Monmouth County Biotechnolgy High School and a Press Conference. For more information please contact Marcela Ospina, Public Information Officer, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development at 609.292.0306 or marcela.ospina@dol.state.nj.us |
| Friday, Nov. 30: | |
| 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. | 4th Annual Rutgers Labor Management Partnership Conference:
Quality Health Care Jobs and Competitiveness: The Role of Labor Relations Sponsored by: The Rutgers Labor-Management Partnership Committee For more information, please contact: Laura Walkoviak or Bob Angelo - Labor Education Center: 732.932.9503 or walkoviakk@smlr.rutgers.edu |
| 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | New Jersey Technology Council NJ Regional Commercialization Conference - Fueling the Region's Economic Growth Engine Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton, NJ For directions visit: http://www.njtc.org/events/comm07/directions.html For more information contact Bari Faye Siegel at 856.787.9700. |
