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【组织简介】 The mission of Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute (THBI) is to research, develop, and advocate policies and actions that promote biomedical science, biotechnology, agriculture and medical device innovation in Texas.
Create a favorable environment for the State's biomedical and health care technology community to discover, produce, and deliver products that benefit society. Provide a forum to identify, analyze, and develop positions on public policy issues that affect Texas' biomedical and health care technology interests. Conduct research as a basis for advocating responsible state and federal policies. Communicate to public officials, providers, patients, and the general public the value of the State's health care technology community for the health and economic well-being of our nation's citizens and the economic growth of Texas. Identify and communicate the value of the products of health care technology with regard to cost, benefit, and patient's quality of life.
The Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute is composed of biotechnology, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies, universities and private research institutions, and companies that provide goods and services to core organizations.
The goal of THBI is to develop solid information about the medical research and manufacturing community in Texas, and to make that information available to political leaders, the news media, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and the public.
The intent is to demonstrate that medical research and manufacturing is a major contributor to Texas' state and local economies - with unusually great potential for financial growth and job creation. In fact, more than 475 companies of varying sizes have already been identified within the Texas health care technology community.
Venture capitalists assessing biotechnology, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies seek exactly the kind of information that THBI develops - hard data that proves Texas has a favorable climate for these types of businesses.
By demonstrating a firm correlation between the biomedical industries, universities, and research groups, THBI assures potential investors that dynamic entrepreneurship in Texas is complemented by some of the world's finest scientific minds.
Incentives for educational institutions and academics to become active in THBI lie not only in potential research grants, but also in licensing and royalties from an expanding biomedical research and manufacturing community.
While helping industry develop is an important THBI function, sustaining a favorable business climate is its key role. In fact, THBI affords the Texas medical research and manufacturing community unparalleled grassroots opportunities to communicate effectively with elected officials.
The Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute significantly improves broad understanding, support, and interest in biomedical research and manufacturing. THBI is an effective voice for the expanding biomedical community in Texas.
Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute (THBI) Thomas Kowalski President 815 Brazos, Suite 310 Austin, Texas 78701 Phone: 512-708-8424 Fax: 512-708-1607 E-mail: info@thbi.com
