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BIOTECH: Massachusetts is tops
Live from the international BIO botech industry conference in San Diego
In a study released in connection with the BIO International conference, the Milken Institute says Massachusetts is tops when it comes to technology and science.
TOP TECH/SCIENCE STATES
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Colorado
- California
- Washington
- Virginia
- Connecticut
- Utah
- New Hamshire
- Rhode Island
Just a few days after Massachusetts passed a $1 billion incentives package to attract and support the biotech industry, the new Milken study gave that state highest marks for its commitment to R&D, its venture capital base and other factors.
Rounding out the Top Five on Milken’s list were Maryland (where Gov. Martin O’Malley just proposed his own $1.1 billion biotech/life sciences stimulus package), Colorado, California and Washington.
But wait a minute. What about all the PR and money and work that places like Florida, Georgia and Texas have put into building its tech sector?
According to Milken, a Santa Monica, Calif. think tank/research group, Texas ranked No. 20 on the list. Georgia was 25 and Florida was way down at 37 - behind places like Ohio, Montana, Hawaii and Idaho.
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