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Date:3/31/2009

University of Delaware Study Demonstrates Economic Impact of Biopharmaceutical and Related Sectors

WILMINGTON, Del., March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of Delaware's business, labor, academic and health care groups today introduced "We Work for Health" (WWFH) of Delaware, a unique network of partners dedicated to protecting and fostering medical research and innovation in Delaware - and throughout America - at launches held at the Wilmington Hospital Conference Center and on the east steps of Legislative Hall in Dover.

The United States and Delaware in particular has been a worldwide leader in medical innovation and scientific discovery, and this is especially true of the state of Delaware. Medical innovation is a critical element of our state's and nation's economy.

"New advancements in medicine, improved health status, countless jobs and steady economic growth have all resulted from continued efforts to further medical innovation," said Delaware WWFH co-chair Bob Dayton, President of Delaware Bioscience Association.

"Delaware medical innovators create thousands of high-paying jobs, and their discoveries are integral in the fight to cure cancer and other illnesses," said Delaware WWFH co-chair Robert J. Laskowski, M.D., Christiana Care Health System, President & CEO.

The important economic impact of the Biopharmaceutical and related sectors on the state is detailed in a new study conducted by the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Demography & Survey Research. The full study can be viewed at www.cadsr.udel.edu.

"While Delaware is small, the biopharmaceutical industry's share of Delaware's jobs and wages is the 6th largest in the United States," said study co-author Simon Condliffe, Center for Applied Demography and
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