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Biotech industry provides almost 25,000 jobs in state, report says

Wisconsin is not one of the biggest centers for biotechnology in the U.S., but the state does rank in the upper 40 percent of all states in terms of companies and jobs in bioscience, a new report says. Wisconsin Commerce Secretary Aaron Olver said he is trying to â??meet as many companies and investors as possible and tell them about some of the great things going on in Wisconsinâ? â?? from the UW-Madisonâ??s Institutes for Discovery to the tax credits for investors in young technology companies.