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Research Triangle's Life Sciences Sector Growing Faster Than Silicon Valley's, Report Shows

HCC Public Information Office Biotechnology Program
North Carolina's life sciences industry is growing rapidly.

The Research Triangle is dotted with life sciences research and development companies, and Big Pharma operates sizeable manufacturing facilities in surrounding counties. The industry is a big player in North Carolina’s economy. It supports high-paying jobs, and in 2016 alone, it contributed an estimated $86 billion to the state’s economy.

While the life sciences sector in North Carolina is smaller in overall size than big hubs in Boston and Silicon Valley, a new reportfrom the North Carolina Biotechnology Centersuggests that the sector is growing faster here. Host Frank Stasio talks with Jason deBruyn, WUNC data reporter, about the past and future of life sciences in North Carolina.

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Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.