In an effort to further Gov. John Kasich's Medical Corridor Initiative, the Ohio Development Services Agency’s Industrial Technology and Enterprise Advisory Council (ITEAC) announced last week that it has "approved $2.27 million for the Ohio Clinical Trials Collaborative," The Plain Dealer and a press release from the governor's office report. The initiative is designed to pool the strength of clinical research among eight institutions across Ohio in order to "increase the competitiveness of the state's biohealth industry." Case Western Reserve was awarded just over $1.98 million to lead the collaborative; BioEnterprise was awarded $187,450 to coordinate the Choose Ohio program for increasing sales of Ohio biomedical products nationally; and $100,000 was awarded to BioOhio to support collaboration efforts among the state's six pediatric hospitals.
Initiative uses collaboration to increase Ohio's competitiveness in biohealth industry
