‘NY BioHud Valley’ is New York’s cluster for biotech industry
TARRYTOWN, N.Y.– Trumpeting the Hudson Valley as New York’s epicenter for biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovation, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and business leaders today unveiled the “NY BioHud Valley” campaign reinforcing that the Hudson Valley is the epicenter of the biotech industry in New York.
Gillibrand’s announcement highlighted a series of events that introduced the campaign to business, political and community leaders. The Hudson Valley’s seven counties – Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Ulster, Sullivan – now host more than 60 biotech companies attracted by a well-educated work force and leading research institutes, medical centers and laboratories.
“NY BioHud Valley is the future of our economy, here in the Lower Hudson Valley,” said U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. “We are home to a well-educated work force, world-class research institutions, medical centers, laboratories and academic research organizations. This campaign, a true public-private partnership, will reinforce what we’ve known for years – the Hudson Valley is the burgeoning epicenter of the biotech industry.”
The campaign targets biotech companies, brokers, property owners and real estate developers.
“The Hudson Valley is fertile ground for continued expansion by biotech companies, given the growing biotech base, the Valley’s attractiveness as a place to live and do business, and easy access to the enormous scientific and business talent of the broader New York metro area,” said Leonard Schleifer, President and CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Tarrytown biopharmaceutical company employing 1,500 people.
The Hudson Valley has seen advances in business growth, adding fuel in the last several years to its economic clout and viability.
“Hudson Valley is producing a critical mass of industry, research and commercial R&D in the area of biotechnology,” said Nathan Tinker of the NY Biotechnology Association, “This is a major key to cluster development and creating the sorts of relationships between companies, work forces and end-users of the product.”
“The region is already known as a hub for world-class research,” said Mike Oates, president and CEO of HVEDC. “Adding to our cluster of biotech companies will fuel job creation and investment in the Hudson Valley.”
About Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation (HVEDC): HVEDC represents Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Sullivan, Ulster and Putnam counties. The public-private partnership markets the region as one of the world’s prime business locations. For more information visit www.hvedc.com.
