Innovation and creation are at the heart of the biotech industry and close to the heart of international business development consultant Richard A. Bendis.
Bendis, 65, has devoted almost 40 years to helping enterprises grow, in both the public and private sector.
Most recently, Bendis was named CEO of the new regional effort to foster commercialization of federal and university laboratory innovations and increase access to early-stage funding for biotechs. BioHealth Innovation of Rockville is a nonprofit private-public partnership that leverages the resources of several biotechs and research institutions, including the University System of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., region.
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