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Biosciences Talent Required. Russ H. Read OPT- ED Oct. 2, 2009. Biotechnology’s Potential. “Vast and Imaginative”. Food & agriculture Industrial Medicine Environment Information Fuels. It’s a Bladder!. Made in NC. Our BT graduates helped!.
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Biosciences Talent Required Russ H. Read OPT- ED Oct. 2, 2009
Biotechnology’s Potential “Vast and Imaginative” • Food & agriculture • Industrial • Medicine • Environment • Information • Fuels It’s a Bladder! Made in NC Our BT graduates helped!
Building the Future • Traditional Segments- Agricultural, Industrial, Environmental Medical and Health • New Interface bio/nonbio segments-overlapping spheres of emerging technologies • Academic & Medical Research infrastructures- magnets for bioscience companies • Home grown industry needs- capital, educated manpower & an efficient, effective business environment
Bioscience Segments Research & Testing leading segment
Global Biotechnology $ Market BillionsPast, Present & Future Market grew +12%
Size of US Biosciences Industry Growth in Talent and Companies
Market Issues • Technology- Invent, Research & Develop • Capital- Invest, Divest & Reinvest • Talent- Recruit, Transform & Groom
Technology Invent, Research & Develop • R&D investment of $65.2B in new medicines +3% over p.y. • 2,900 medicines in development- examples Pipeline of Hope & Opportunity
Capital Invest, Divest & Reinvest • 356 companies are public • 44 companies have a market cap over a $1B • Capital is tight • Companies are conserving cash, hibernating “B” projects Well capitalized Companies are on the Hunt for Products and Talent Excerpts from Burrill
New Deals Mergers & Acquisitions • Pfizer / Wyeth • Roche / Genentech • Merck / Schering Plough Out of Box Thinking • SANOFI – AVENTIS Cell Culture Research Complex in Paris What is this? Its What You get When You combine Porsche & VW
Recruit, Transform & Groom Companies: • Biotech & pharma companies are shedding surplus head count • Workers 55+ growing 4X faster than the labor force as a whole • 76 million Americans will retire between 2010-2015 • The economy will recover, retirements will outpace job postings ! Community: • Unemployment rate is at a record high- education enrollment is high • People are working longer • Talent is career changing or rearranging or realigning(life-style) North Carolina works Together to Recruit, Train and Groom
Talent Required Scientists, clinicians, technicians, chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, research associates, regulatory experts, manufacturing & production teams, packaging, ancillary support teams etc., Mature People Who are Willing to Adapt to Highly Skilled Technical Work
Workforce Segments North Carolina BT Employment Growth has Outpaced ROA by a Factor of 3 X
Biosciences Jobs Wages Bioscience Jobs on Average Out pay Private Sector Jobs by 1.7 X
Systems Approach • Summer enrichment programs for middle and high school students • Articulations from high school to 2 year colleges • Community College Regional Partnerships 1+1 • Internships for all levels ( H.S., college/4 year and post. grad.) • US DOL approved Biotechnology Apprenticeships • Seamless articulations from 2 year schools to 4 year schools 2+2 • Reverse articulations- the new post graduate • Distance learning hybrids- More Simulations & Gaming • Short(120 hours) non-credit programs for technical operators
Pharmaceutical Center Winston-Salem National Center For Biotechnology Workforce Winston-Salem Capstone Center Raleigh BioBusiness Center Asheville Bioprocessing Center Greenville BioEducation Center Gaston/Charlotte BioAgriculture Center Lumberton
CASE - Piedmont Triad Region • 130 Total Bioscience/ Support Co.s • 4 Research Universities • NC A&T State, Greensboro • UNC Greensboro • Wake Forest U. & Medical School • Winston Salem State University • 9 Regional Community Colleges • $300 M/year in extramural research funding • 350 Life Science Graduates per year Population 1,517,790 Health Care- Largest employers
Demand-Driven Process Know Local Resources 21 initiatives strategic plan www.triadbiotech.com
Partnerships are Essential Collaboration
Careers –Possibilities & Preparation Find Creative Ways to Partner Assure Job Skills & Job Seeking Skills are Ready
www.ncbionetwork.org Mica Welsh, AAS 07 www.biotechworkforce.org www.ncbiotech.org Jim Crawford, BS, AAS 06