Glendale, Peoria set sights on landing research centers

August 25, 2010

By hammersmith

[Source: The Arizona Republic] – Glendale and Peoria are increasing efforts to attract medical research facilities to the West Valley.

Peoria is working with the Translational Genomics Research Institute of Phoenix, or TGen, to build an international bioscience consortium, while Glendale has plans in the pipeline.
 
Glendale already possesses a strong base of health-care companies and educational campuses that would support a medical research institute, Economic Development Director Brian Friedman said.

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