Three new life sciences companies have moved into the University City Science Center in West Philadelphia, and each has raved about the center’s facilities. Through the center’s Global Soft Landing program, they’ll have a chance to put those facilities to use while establishing operations in the U.S. in one of the nation’s most vibrant life sciences clusters.
“We thought the environment would be stimulating for our staff who will work at this location,” says Dr. Robert Parker, managing director of The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. The London-based outfit boasts a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business.
The Global Soft Landing program provides international companies with fully equipped labs, plug and play offices and access to the Science Center’s business support programs.
Also new to the center’s main facility is GADORE Center USA, an initiative of GADORE (German-American Dialogue on Renewable Energy), which promotes the growth of renewable by bringing together industry, government and media stakeholders and sought out the Science Center’s green building.
The Science Center’s other new tenant moved into its Port business incubator down a few doors down. The National Center for Patient Interactive Research (NCPIR), founded earlier this year, is striving to achieve better health outcomes by reducing disparities among vulnerable populations during the transformation of health information technology.
“CPIR chose the Science Center because of the energy generated by so many innovative companies sharing the same space,” says NCPIR executive director Bill Fox. “We have already made important connections in the incubator community.”
Source: Robert Parker, The Royal Society of Chemistry; Bill Fox, National Center for Patient Interactive Research
Writer: Joe Petrucci
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