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Originally Posted by summersm343
No. Life Sciences is the hot new industry. Especially with such a large generation in Baby Boomers aging. Plus, Philadelphia is a young burgeoning market that's really just starting to hit it's stride and grow. It's not a well established Life Sciences market like Boston or San Francisco…
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Statements like this always strike me as odd. I get the intent. The biotech surge from the last 10-20 years has only recently impacted Philadelphia in a big way.
But…saying that Philadelphia is a “young” market really skips over centuries of history of Philadelphia playing a prominent role in science and medicine. From Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Rush to William Osler to Albert Barnes to the Wistar Institute to SmithKline Beckman (now GSK) and Merck, there is a rich history of Philadelphia-based people and institutions contributing and leading in this area.
I think that current industry leaders and marketers would do well to stress this more. Don’t call it young, and don’t call it a comeback. We’ve been here for years.
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