Category: Illinois
- Sanofi-aventis Supports Consortium’s Activities to Fund Promising Early-Stage Life Sciences Companies -
Chicago, IL – May 5, 2010 – Sanofi-aventis and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), a quasi-public agency tasked with implementing the State’s ten-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, announced that sanofi-aventis has joined the Center’s Corporate Consortium Program. The partnership was announced at the BIO International Convention, the largest global event for the biotechnology industry taking place this week in Chicago, Illinois.
The Chicago Technology Park exists as part of the larger Illinois Medical District to provide a home to the many businesses generated or attracted by the research and care provided through the District. The Research Center is the Technology Park’s business incubator where young companies and their cohort of partners may build businesses around innovation. The biotech incubator supports entrepreneurs with a network of consortia to fund and direct growth for success.
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