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■ Town Profile: PG. 34
■ Opinion & Commentary: PG. 36
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Entrepreneurial
Ambitions
Shana Schlossberg envisions her new downtown
Hartford incubator space to be a hive of
entrepreneurial and creative energy that will spin
off new high-tech businesses, grow existing ones,
foster investments, launch connections, inspire
youth, create jobs and fuel game-changing robotic
and wearable technology innovations. PG. 3
Holiday Cheer
More Greater Hartford companies are opting to
throw a holiday party this year, providing a boost to
area banquet and meeting facilities. PG. 5
CT's '7 sisters' launched state's bioscience golden age
By Gregory Seay
gseay@HartfordBusiness.com
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onnecticut's bioscience sector today
pulses with thousands of scientists
and executives at dozens of startup
drug developers and maturing biopharma-
ceutical companies.
But it was barely two decades earlier that
a state more known for manufacturing and
as the world's insurance capital, became
host to a handful of fledgling bioscience
firms — seven, to be exact — that managed,
through good science, good timing, and
Lasting
Legacy
Dave Wurzer was among Connecticut's early
bioscience pioneers, as CFO for former CuraGen,
one of the "7 sister" firms that helped develop
the industry in the state. He's now helping the
state expand its biosci ecosystem.
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Building
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A N H B J S E R I E S O N C T ' S B I O S C I E N C E S E C T O R
M E E T T H E W I N N E R S!
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