Full Text of SR0223 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, With more than 85,000 direct jobs, Illinois is one | 3 | | of the top states for the life sciences industry; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The life sciences industry is a major contributor | 5 | | to the overall Illinois economy; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The life sciences industry is one of the highest | 7 | | paying industries in the State; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Illinois residents employed by life sciences | 9 | | companies earn 91% more than the average Illinois resident; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois state and local taxes paid by the life | 11 | | sciences industry equal approximately 4.7% of all state and | 12 | | local taxes collected in Illinois; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Northwestern University is home to world-leading | 14 | | faculty and innovators dedicated to bringing breakthrough | 15 | | discoveries from laboratories to clinics; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at | 17 | | Northwestern University is dedicated to advancing human health | 18 | | and offering new hope to millions of people around the world | 19 | | living with disease; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute hastens | 2 | | the development of new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat | 3 | | diseases like cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, addiction, | 4 | | heart disease, and other disorders that transform science and | 5 | | life; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute has | 7 | | accelerated 75 new drug candidates, medical devices, and | 8 | | diagnostic technologies in the development pipeline resulting | 9 | | in 26 new companies that have received $1.5 billion in external | 10 | | investments; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at | 12 | | Northwestern University is hosting a Biotech Summit by the Lake | 13 | | on March 27, 2019 to encourage investment in breakthrough | 14 | | science at Illinois-based and national biotech and | 15 | | pharmaceutical public companies led by Northwestern University | 16 | | graduates; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the critical | 19 | | research of the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at | 20 | | Northwestern University and the important contributions to | 21 | | human health of leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical | 22 | | companies based in Illinois and across the nation; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at | 4 | | Northwestern University as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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