San Antonio eyes bioscience collaboration with Mexico
By: W. Scott Bailey
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Mexico is experiencing significant growth in its bioscience industry — particularly in the pharmaceutical and medical technology markets.
That expansion is expected to continue over the next several years, and it could open the door for San Antonio, which depends heavily on the bioscience industry, to pursue potentially lucrative collaboration with its cross-border ally.
“Things are changing so rapidly in Mexico for the better,” says David Marquez, director of Bexar County Economic Development. “This (potential collaboration) is certainly something we will want to look at.”
San Antonio has leveraged health care and the biosciences into a $25 billion industry annually. ...