William A. Burga, former president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, penned an article at Cincinnati.com on the emergence of bioscience as the industry that deserves the most attention from state and federal legislators.

Governor Ted Strickland, together with Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, announced Ohio’s 14 Centers of Excellence in Biomedicine and Health Care.

On October 1, BioOhio hosted the 2009 BioOhio Annual Conference, “BioGPS: Global Positioning for Success,” at the Embassy Suites in Dublin, Ohio.

Ohio’s bioscience industry, which includes pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and world-class researchers and developers, drives the forward-looking innovation that contributes so much to our economy and helps improve our daily lives.