Connecticut House Passes Bill to Foster Microbiome Sector in the State
Jun 19th, 2017 by Thomas Pia | News | Recent News & Articles |
e Connecticut House of Representatives passed S.B. 1056 Wednesday, June 7th, to “establish a working group to develop a plan to foster the microbiome sector in the state.” This bill, which will now go to the governor for consideration, aims to incentivize companies focused on microbiome science to locate to and/or pursue their projects in the State of Connecticut. It proposes that a working group be established to identify these companies, and, that among the incentives created would be an annual competition for start-up microbiome companies to take place in Connecticut. “At Dilworth IP we had early on identified the field of microbiome-based therapeutics as an up and coming research area,” Dr. Anthony Sabatelli, Partner and Chair of Dilworth IP’s Biotech and Pharmaceutical IP practice group, said, “we are very pleased that this Bill has passed the general assembly, because it demonstrates the State’s commitment to supporting this emerging technology area as an important part of Connecticut’s biotechnology future.”