PRINTER'S NO. 3488
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
900
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, BERNSTINE, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, CORBIN, CORR,
HILL-EVANS, JAMES, LONGIETTI AND TOEPEL, MAY 3, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 3, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 22, 2018, as "Cellicon Valley Day" in
Pennsylvania to honor medical innovations and breakthroughs
originating in the Philadelphia region.
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia region, historically a place of
firsts and innovation, is currently hosting a new wave of health
care advancement in gene and cell therapies; and
WHEREAS, In the summer of 2017, the term "Cellicon Valley"
was introduced to publicize this growing scientific field in the
region; and
WHEREAS, The new therapies use a patient's own cellular and
genetic makeup to improve health outcomes for, and even cure,
diseases that have long plagued mankind; and
WHEREAS, The region has a growing and vibrant industry and
academic infrastructure that supports this new direction in
health care; and
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia region is the home of the first
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved CAR-T cell therapy
and the first FDA-approved gene therapies and hosts more than 60
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academic laboratories focused on gene therapies; and
WHEREAS, One out of every six doctors in the United States
have spent time in Cellicon Valley during their careers and more
than $450 million has been invested in advanced cell and gene
therapy manufacturing; and
WHEREAS, As Pennsylvania looks to lead the world in the life
sciences, we applaud the talented men and women who work on
perfecting these therapies to better help patients; and
WHEREAS, This new technology will differentiate the
Philadelphia region, and this Commonwealth, on both a national
and a global scale; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 22,
2018, as "Cellicon Valley Day" in Pennsylvania to honor medical
innovations and breakthroughs originating in the Philadelphia
region.
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