Delaware BioScience Association Teams with Thirty-Four National & State Partners to Launch ‘We Work for Health’ in Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delaware BioScience Association is partnering with thirty-four national and state entities to announce the ‘We Work For Health’ (WWFH) initiative in Delaware at the Christiana Care Wilmington Hospital Conference Center on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., located at 501 West 14^th Street in Wilmington.

“The Delaware BioScience Association is absolutely thrilled to be a partner in the We Work for Health initiative in Delaware”

“The Delaware BioScience Association is absolutely thrilled to be a partner in the We Work for Health initiative in Delaware,” said Bob Dayton, President of the Delaware BioScience Association. “The United States and Delaware in particular, has been a world leader in bioscience innovation and discovery over the years. Our universities, medical research institutions and bioscience companies and those firms supporting the R&D and manufacturing create thousands of high-paying jobs, and Delaware discoveries are integral in the fight to cure cancer and other illnesses. Today’s event is the first of many for the We Work for Health initiative in Delaware.”

Participants are highlighting Delaware’s leadership in the biopharmaceutical industry and the challenges facing Delaware’s medical innovators today.

Dayton will be joined by these presenters at the launch event:

Simon Condliffe, co-author of the study on Delaware’s bioscience community’s economic impact on the state, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, University of Delaware
Sam Lathem, President of Delaware AFL-CIO
Robert J. Laskowski, M.D., Christiana Care Health System, President & CEO
Miguel McInnis, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers
Dennis Rochford, Delaware Health Care Commission

Partners for the WWFH Delaware initiative (in addition to the Delaware BioScience Association) include:

ABS, Inc.

AFL-CIO Delaware

Agilent Technologies

American Cancer Society – Delmarva Region

American Diabetes Association, Delaware Chapter

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Local # 1607 and # 640

American Postal Workers Union (APWU) - Southern Delaware Area

ANP Technologies

Asbestos Workers - Local #42

AstraZeneca

Building & Construction Trades Council of Delaware AFL-CIO

Christiana Care Health System

Delaware Biotechnology Institute

Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children & Families

Delaware HIV Consortium

Delaware Pharmacists Society

Delaware Technology Park

Delmarva Rural Ministries

Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware

H & S Enterprise, Inc.

Hologic

Henrietta Johnson Medical Center

iBioPharma, Inc.

Incyte Corporation

Integrated Social Solutions

International Association of Bridge, Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Iron Workers)

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) – 31238

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) - Local #1

International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) - Local 542

Isogen LLC

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Laborers' International Union of North America - Local 1029

Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

New Castle County Chamber of Commerce

New Castle County Economic Development Council

United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters – Local 74

United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW) - Local # 435 and # 1183

United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) - Local #27

United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

University of Delaware

SL Pharma Labs, Inc.

QPS, LLC

About We Work For Health

We Work For Health is a grassroots initiative that unites health consumers, biopharmaceutical company employees, vendors, suppliers and other business, academic and community partners to demonstrate how these diverse groups are vital to the socioeconomic climate, provide shared benefits and produce a better quality of life to all. Specifically, the partnership includes local chambers of commerce, universities and research centers, labor, businesses, patient advocacy organizations, provider groups and biopharmaceutical research companies that work together to improve America’s health care system and strengthen our economy.

For more information, visit http://www.weworkforhealth.org/state/Delaware.

About Delaware BioScience Association

The Delaware BioScience Association is a non-profit trade association that serves its members and the State of Delaware by collaborating with other local businesses and organizations to advance the growth of the bioscience industry in Delaware and the region.

As one of over 35 state affiliates of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), we benefit from the ability to share best practices across the country and from gaining a stronger voice for influencing the legislative landscape for future growth.

For more information, visit http://www.delawarebio.org