Outlook seems relatively sunny in California.
Despite California's economic woes, its biotech and biomedical industries seem to be thriving. The biotech sector will hire 1,000 clinical scientists, medical lab technicians and medical physicists through a three-year training and placement programme. Funded by a US$4.95-million federal grant announced on 15 February, it will be administered by San Diego State University and its partners. A 2 February report by the California Healthcare Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers, which polled 200 of the state's largest biomedical firms, finds promise in that sector too: 81% of firms said that they expect to maintain or expand their local workforce in 2 years. Almost half hope to grow research and development activities in-state by 2011.
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Biotech beats recession. Nature 463, 1109 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7284-1109d
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7284-1109d