NAPLES, Fla., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the leading online
destination for the bio-pharmaceutical industry, unveiled the fifth edition of
the Genetown(TM) Hotbed Campaign with a reception last night at The Boston
Harbor Hotel. Guest speakers for the evening celebration included State
Representative Brian Dempsey, Chairman, Massachusetts House Committee on
Science and Technology; Janice Bourque, President and CEO, Massachusetts
Biotechnology Council; John Hennessy, Site Manager, AstraZeneca R&D, Boston
and Steven Herrmann, PhD, Director, Protein Technologies, Wyeth Research.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010405/BIOSPACELOGO )
Recognizing Massachusetts as an international life science hub, Genetown
highlights forty-eight (48) Bay State organizations including biotechnology
and pharmaceutical companies, industry service and supply companies, research
institutes, non-profit organizations and universities. Participating companies
include Antigenics, Biogen Idec, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme and Serono.
The Genetown campaign is designed to attract additional talent, capital
and other resources to the area and includes a new iteration of the
world-renowned Genetown Hotbed Map, a promotional image of the state that
displays the logos and buildings of participating organizations. The map is
further enhanced through the integration of many functional components,
including a Genetown Hotbed Homepage (http://www.genetown.biospace.com) on BioSpace's
industry leading Website, http://www.BioSpace.com . The site attracts 1 million
unique monthly visitors and features life science news, jobs, clinical trials,
stock updates, real estate, events and other industry information.
The first edition of the Genetown Hotbed Campaign was launched in 1995.
The original 1985 Biotech Bay(TM) Map for San Francisco hangs on permanent
display in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
About BioSpace
BioSpace provides Web based resources and information to the global life
science community through its industry-leading public Internet site,
http://www.biospace.com . Reaching 1 million unique monthly visitors, the Website
aggregates relevant news, information and services crucial to industry
research and development.
BioSpace promotes and adds functionality online to distinct regional
clusters of bioscience industry through their world-renowned Hotbed Campaigns.
Current campaigns include Biotech Bay(TM), Bio NC(TM), BioCapital(TM) and
others. Additionally, BioSpace offers an online life science career center,
live career events and a clinical trials database, CCIS(TM).
BioSpace, a Career Innovations company, is headquartered in Naples, FL.
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CONTACT:
Brian Vacanti, Division Manager of BioSpace,
+1-239-659-0100, Ext. 218, or email, brian@biospace.com
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