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New Web site to draw biotech firms to state
by Amanda Fung
April 11, 2006

New York's biotech trade association and economic development agencies launched the first Web site dedicated to helping attract firms to the state.

New York state's biotech trade association and economic development agencies partnered to launch the first Web site dedicated to helping attract biotech firms to the state.

The Web site, www.BioNY.org, will be unveiled at the annual international trade show BIO2006 in Chicago on April 12.

"This Web site will aid firms in networking and will help keep New York State competitive in the global marketplace," Empire State Development chairman Charles Gargano said in a statement.

The new site follows a number of initiatives by Gov. George Pataki and the legislature aimed at expanding biotech businesses and creating high-tech jobs. BioNY.org is designed to help New York-area start-up biotech companies find potential investors, network, and find business information resources. It also lists biotech patents and job openings in the region.

The Web site was created by the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research, Empire State Development Corporation, Manhattan-based New York Biotechnology Association and other regional agency members of the New York State Bioscience Council.