When you google the word Biotech one of the first results listed (not far under the wikipedia definition) is the website for the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, now known as MassBio. This is an organization with an ambitious mission and the proven ability to carry it out.

Join us as Caturano & Company hosts the Boston Irish Business Association for an evening with MassBio President & CEO Robert Coughlin. Mr. Coughlin will give us an update into the ever changing world of biotech and how his organization is encouraging, supporting and moving innovation and investment forward as the Commonwealth continues to lead the nation's biotech industry.

With the recent biotech rennaisance in Ireland, driven by investment under the National Development Plan (NDP) and Massachusetts at the forefront of biotech innovation and investment, this meeting is essential and aims to build on the great partnerships already established.

FREE PARKING - COMPLIMENTARY BEER, WINE & HORS D'OEUVRES - DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 PM

The program will run from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. (with more networking to follow).

Directions for Caturano & Company can be found here: http://www.caturano.com/contact-us

We look forward to seeing you on February 3rd!

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About Caturano & Company: Caturano and Company is New England’s largest regional full-service CPA, consulting, and wealth management firm and one of the top 40 CPA firms in the country.  Our technology and life sciences team provides biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical devices companies with a full array of business advisory, audit, and tax services—including Sarbanes-Oxley, risk management, internal audit, and M&A.  We also offer comprehensive technology consulting services to help growing companies close the resource gap and connect IT performance to business results. Learn more here

About Robert Coughlin: Robert Coughlin is a former state representative and businessman. In his leadership role within Governor Deval Patrick's administration, he worked to retain and recruit life science organizations and other key businesses for the state. He is very familiar with all areas of the Massachusetts life sciences super cluster and is a passionate advocate for the research and biotechnology community. A graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve, Coughlin has also been active in the community, serving on the boards of the Academy and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, as honorary chairman of the Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Walk, and as a member of the National Volunteer Leadership Board, among other organizations. 

About the Massachusetts Biotech Council: The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council is an association of more than 600 biotechnology companies, universities, academic institutions and others dedicated to advancing cutting edge research. MassBio is the leading advocate for the Bay State's world premier life science cluster. They drive innovation by creating a forum for the biotechnology community to come together, educating the public and policy makers, influencing public policy and advancing the economic interests of individual companies, as well as the sector as a whole.