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Puerto Rico Bolsters Its Life-Sciences Hub With R&D, Start-Up Initiatives

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

In the past year, Puerto Rico formed a consortium of clinical trial sites, launched a funding program for entrepreneurs and created a technology transfer office – all achievements touted at the Biolatam biotech conference in San Juan.

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Puerto Rico is on a mission to bring more life-sciences companies to the island. While the territory has been a hub for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing for decades, it wants to build a reputation as a go-to place for biologics contract manufacturing organizations and clinical research.

The island has taken major steps in the last year to achieve these goals. The Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust established a consortium for clinical investigation comprised of...

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