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Philly’s Life Sciences Industry Has a $25 Billion Footprint
With its dozen-plus world-renowned research institutions and top biomedical programs, a healthy ecosystem of 1,200 small and large enterprises employing nearly 50,000 people, and $6.3 billion of investment activity, Greater Philadelphia is a breeding ground for life sciences innovation and leadership. That’s according to the new Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Report, jointly put together by…
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Arcadia University President Steps Down, Will Serve Through June
It has not been a good year for Arcadia University, and it seems that the educational institution’s troubles are continuing into the New Year with the announcement that its current president will soon be departing the school, writes Susan Snyder for Philly.com. Nicolette DeVille Christensen The troubled Glenside school has announced that Nicolette DeVille Christensen…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Mike Bowman
Mike Bowman, President & CEO of Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board speaks with MONTCO Today about growing up in what his mother referred to as ‘Greater Northeast’ Philadelphia, how a move to Bucks County changed the course of his life, his career in the hospitality industry, how he got the job leading the region’s…
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Delaware Valley’s Largest Herman Miller Dealership Changes Ownership
Spectrum, the Herman Miller group dealership at 1003 West 9th Avenue in King of Prussia has been sold to its current president, Peggy Kelly. At over half a century old, Spectrum is both the oldest and the largest Herman Miller dealership in the Philadelphia region. Kelly, who joined the dealership as its President four years…
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Plymouth Meeting National Landscaping Company Acquires California Competitor
Plymouth Meeting’s BrightView Landscapes, the nation’s premiere landscape services and snow removal company is expanding its reach with the acquisition of Marina Landscape Maintenance. Marina Landscape Maintenance employs close to 400 people and services over 200 client sites in several key markets, including Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, and Northern California. “This is a…
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Hatfield Gets Pennsylvania’s First Wal-Mart Training Academy
Wal-Mart has opened its first Training Academy in Pennsylvania on Tuesday inside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Hatfield Township, writes Anthony Salamone for The Morning Call. The academy is the 41st in the U.S., and it will serve around 20 stores from the Lehigh and Delaware valleys. The goal of the academy’s two-week program is to…
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Popular TV Show Undercover Boss Helps Montgomery County Company
The hit TV show Undercover Boss recently came to help the founder of a Louisiana based franchise get a new perspective by examining its Montgomery County operation, writes Kenneth Hilario for Philadelphia Business Journal. Renee Maloney, cofounder and CFO of Painting with a Twist, got the chance during the shows’ production to better understand the…
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West Conshohocken‘s Monetate Relocates Headquarter Staff to NYC
One of the Philadelphia region’s strongest software start-ups with offices in West Conshohocken is relocating its headquarters to New York City, writes Joe DiStefano for Philly.com. Monetate CEO Lucinda Duncalfe Monetate offers personalized software that enables online sale sites to offer specific product to individual customers based on unique customer data. Now, according to CEO…
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Life Sciences Pennsylvania, Clarkson Consulting to Award $10K Scholarship
Intent on stoking passion for the life sciences, the Wayne-based state association formerly known as Pennsylvania Bio is again putting serious money behind its advocacy for and promotion of industry growth and development. Life Sciences Pennsylvania and Clarkston Consulting of North Wales are now taking applications to discover the college sophomore who will become only…
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Fort Washington Winery Tour Offers Great Wine and a Lesson on the Magic of Winemaking
Anyone looking to find out more about the process of winemaking while enjoying several delicious wines should look no further than Karamoor Estate Winery in Fort Washington, writes Paul Vigna for Penn Live. The Montgomery County winery has seen its profile rise in the last five years, helped in part by occasional tours of its…
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Personal Income of Greater Philadelphia Residents Ranks Eighth in Nation
The personal income accumulated within the Greater Philadelphia area last year is enough to give each resident $57,173, if spread equally. That amounts to a total of $347 billion, and ranks the Philly metro as the eighth-wealthiest across the entire United States, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report by G. Scott Thomas. The rankings…
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Pill Theft Leads to $2M Security Investment at Abington Hospital
The theft of thousands of pills that resulted in a hefty court settlement has pushed Abington Hospital to invest close to $2 million in program to prevent similar issues in the future, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The hospital has agreed to pay the government $510,000 to settle the case which alleged that…
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Willow Grove Private Equity Firm Acquires Learnaboutgmp
Willow Grove private equity firm Azzur Group has acquired Learnaboutgmp, an online training and education platform for biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. This platform makes it possible for pharmaceutical companies to significantly increase their compliance knowledge. This acquisition will also allow Azzur Group, which has holdings in the life sciences consulting industry, to offer…
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Montgomery County Careers – Aetna
The Aetna Life Insurance Company sells traditional and consumer-directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans. Founded in 1853 in Hartford, CT, Aetna is committed to providing individuals, employers, health care professionals, producers and others with innovative benefits, products and services. Engineer This position…
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Gladwyne Retains Richest Philadelphia Region Zip Code Crown
The tally is in, and Gladwyne has managed to retain its crown as the richest ZIP code in the Philadelphia region, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. Philadelphia Business Journal has published its annual list of the 25 wealthiest ZIP codes in the region as 19035 triumphed again. Montgomery County suburb set just beyond the…
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Philly.com: All Roads Lead to Upper Gwynedd
Getting to Upper Gwynedd is an easy affair for anyone looking for a home in the neighborhood as this Montgomery Township has great road access and SEPTA’s Doylestown Line also has a stop nearby, writes Alan J. Heavens for Philly.com. Another draw to the area is the obvious dedication of the township to preserve and…
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Baltimore Law Firm Offit Kurman Opens Montgomery County Office
Baltimore Legal firm Offit Kurman has entered the suburban Philadelphia market through its new office in Plymouth Meeting, writes Lizzy McLellan for The Legal Intelligencer. The firm has hired Joshua C. Quinter and Karin Corbett, two lawyers from Blue Bell’s Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, to oversee the operations of the new office. Quinter…
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Montgomery County Careers – PRA Health Sciences
PRA (Pharmaceutical Research Associates) Health Sciences provides clinical development services. Some of its services include drug development and regulatory strategy plans, phase I clinical trials, phase II through IV multi-center clinical trials, development and analysis of integrated global clinical databases, and preparation and submission of regulatory filings in North America and Europe. PRA has more than…
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