Wayne State once again asserts itself as one the main players in Michigan’s research community.
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Michigan's research universities are likely to continue to dominate the state's drug discovery sector, but a growing segment of life sciences services companies will comprise the majority of private-sector biotech firms.
That becomes evident in an economic impact report released at the Mackinac Policy Conference and commissioned by the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University - the University Research Corridor.
The state's universities - powered by $887 million in life sciences research spending in 2008 - account for the vast majority of Michigan's pure drug discovery researchers.
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