Initial Contact with the Land Known as New Jersey...

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Good morning inhabitants of Earth. Over the past few days I have had the pleasure of transporting my Helixpod around the great state of New Jersey. I have found it to be a very strategic location for the observation of bio-innovation, as well as for its proximity to the “galaxy renowned” financial markets.

I was shocked to learn that one of the greatest innovators of all time, Thomas Alva Edison, or ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park’, was born here, in the city which is now called…Edison. As I made my way deeper into this intriguing state I found that 15 of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies have their global or North American headquarters here. As I investigated further, I discovered that New Jersey has the nation’s highest concentration of scientific professionals with 184,000 working throughout the state.

I couldn’t travel one Earth mile without my BioStrength Locator reading some sort of bioscience strength, but that is probably because New Jersey is home to more than 240 biotechnology companies, making it, as I compare with other studies completed by scholars and explorers before me, the 4th largest biotechnology center in the nation! This state is truly a treasure trove of bio-innovation. As I traveled through one of these biotechnology establishments, I was told that New Jersey is #3 in bioscience venture capital investments and #4 in the number of bioscience patents issued in 2008! This place is utterly amazing!

Through some inter-galactic guidance I learned of a place called Princeton, so I decided to visit this institution of learning. When I learned that the great professor Albert Einstein walked across the threshold of this great university I was astounded. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” As the protector of innovation, this quote from Einstein will be something I remember for a long time.

My days have been crammed with visits to all of these innovative companies, both large and small. I am absolutely dizzy with the preponderance of the finest research and development facilities I have ever seen. I have just learned that since the inception of the Edison Innovation Fund in October 2006, $388 million has been invested in life sciences and technology companies, who are seeking to grow in New Jersey.

While I was here I used my Biotech 2009 brochure that I found on the green roof of the Science Center in Philadelphia as a guide, and realized that Schering-Plough Corporation is based in New Jersey…and Fred Hassan, chairman and CEO, is the luncheon keynote speaker on November 17. With the diversity of companies here in this innovative state, there will be something for everyone at Biotech 2009. I am becoming increasingly more excited for this event with each day that passes…

Wait…what is this…influenza…H…1…N…1…I have just received some extremely startling and perplexing news…I cannot compute…I must research this and develop my thoughts before I transmit…something…about…H1N1…it must be some sort of a code…I will figure out this mysterious series of letters and 1’s and communicate when I have found more information.

Until then…


Helixman

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