FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JNetDirect Biosciences Sees Silver with Virginia Biosciences Development
Center
Herndon, VA (June 2009) – JNetDirect’s
biotechnology division, JNetDirect Biosciences, is pleased to
announce a partnership with the Virginia Biosciences Development
Center (VBDC) at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park in
Richmond as a Silver Sponsor. JNetDirect Biosciences is
a national
distributor of biotechnology software, equipment, and supplies
headquartered in the Dulles Technology Corridor in Northern
Virginia.
“The VBDC is a great incubation program designed to assist start-ups
and early stage bioscience companies. JNetDirect Biosciences is
proud to become a Silver sponsor for such an outstanding program and
we look forward to building strong relationships with all the
companies located in the Virginia Biotech Park as well as the
companies within the incubation program”, stated Scott Raspa, Vice
President of JNetDirect Biosciences.
“Our Biosciences division has seen rapid growth over the last few
months even with the downturn in the economy. Labs are looking for
lower cost, high quality alternatives to their research supply
requirements. Establishing early relationships with new biotech
start-up companies by teaming with such organizations as the VBDC,
allows us to broaden our footprint and work closely with the future
“stars” of the biotech industry.”
JNetDirect Biosciences offers high-quality, cost-effective
scientific instruments, supplies and software with unparalleled
service and support to biotech scientists and researchers. By
working closely with our clients we learn and understand their needs
which allow us to provide appropriate and affordable solutions.
About JNetDirect Biosciences
JNetDirect
Biosciences, a subsidiary of JNetDirect Incorporated, is a
biotechnology software, equipment, and supplies distribution company
focusing on providing a complete solution to genomics, proteomics
and tissue or cellomics scientists. JNetDirect’s corporate
headquarters is located just outside Washington, DC in Herndon, VA.
Contact us by phone at 1.877.775.2276 or via email at
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. Additional information can be found at our website,
www.jnetdirectbiosciences.com.
About the VBDC
The Virginia Biosciences Development Center is the Virginia
BioTechnology Research Park’s biosciences business incubation
program located in its 27,000-square-foot incubator facility. Since
opening in 1995, 68 companies have started in the Park’s incubator
facility, 40 of which have graduated into larger spaces in the Park
or greater Richmond community. Graduates of the incubation program
include companies such as Insmed Pharmaceuticals, Allos
Therapeutics, Commonwealth Biotechnologies and Intelliject.
About the Park
The Virginia BioTechnology Research Park is currently home to a
unique mix of more than 55 public and private bioscience companies,
research institutes affiliated with the VCU Medical Center and major
state and national medical laboratories. These companies are housed
in nine buildings totaling more than 1.1 million square feet of
space, representing an employee base that exceeds 2,000. The Park’s
Biosciences Commercialization Center has been created to take
incubator graduates through commercialization to M&A or IPO, giving
the Park’s tenants full-scale business assistance. The
Commercialization Center, now home to eight companies from the
Israeli life science community, continues to expand its resource
base and has created alliances with leading incubators in Israel. To
date, the Park’s incubator and commercialization center has
graduated three companies that are now publicly traded.
Contact
Courtney Skunda
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park
Phone: (804) 827-2137
E-mail:
cskunda@vabiotech.com
Web site: www.vabiotech.com
