UPMC Continues it's Global Expansion

The Pittsburgh Business Times reported today that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will build a new Biotech lab in Polermo Sicily. The lab will cost $398 million and will focus on many of the same things as their Pittsburgh facilities, including vaccine development, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

I believe that the continued expansion into Europe is very good for the Pittsburgh region. The center will be funded entirely by the Italian government, bringing in resources that UPMC can use to further advance it's work in Pittsburgh. In adition, it establishes invisible partnerships between Pittsburgh and European cities like Polermo and Dublin, further establishing Pittsburgh's reputation as a global leader in life sciences.
I have visited many European cities in the past few decades and (being a proud Pitsburgher) I have asked Europeans if they know about Pittsburgh. Almost everyone I talked to knew of Pittsburgh as a global industrial giant. Even after the bulk of the steel industry had left Pittsburgh, our reputation had remained. Projects like the UPMC labs in Polermo will help establish Pittsburgh as a global biomedical giant.

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